qEEG
 

I just started looking into qEEG's after hearing of another person with brain injury have a huge "problem area" on his scan. This was after being told his problems were strictly anxiety. This leads me to a few questions:

Are qEEG's beneficial to diagnose brain injury or abnormalities in brain function/physiology?

Are they beneficial for rehabalitating brain injury?

I'm interested in having one done, but only if it would be beneficial in rehabilitating my brain. Any other feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

qEEG's are just a diagnostic tool. There are a wide variety of skills in using qEEG's in a therapeutically. A skilled therapist can use the qEEG waveform to help the patient to learn to correct the poor waveform. A common term is qEEG directed neurofeedback.

For some, the qEEG is only diagnostic as the poor waveform may not be correctable. My neuro was a pioneer with qEEG with over 6000 patients assessed but did not see any way qEEG directed therapy would help me.

qEEG's are not accepted at valid medical evidence in most cases because a ignorant neuro wrote a derogatory article and got it published in a national journal back in 1997. That tainted the use of qEEG. But, there are many comparative databases that have demonstrated 97% accuracy at diagnosing organic brain injury vs psychologically caused symptoms.

There are some well know qEEG clinics such as Dr Walker's in Dallas. In Herndon VA, check out Joan Ordmandy. If you find a clinic that sounds promising, post it and I'll check it out to see what they know.

Thanks for the reply, Mark.

This is the closest nuerofeedback clinic to me. AMAR Wellness Services, LLC
They do say that they accept most major insurances, so that would be a plus.

I also live near Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I'm not sure if they do neurofeedback there are not. I once did a biofeedback session there, and the goal was to relax myself in order to raise the temperature of my finger, which had a special temperature reader on it.

JBuckL,

AMAR appears to be a 'jack of a therapies' clinic. The credentials of the therapists are weak from a neurofeedback standard. It appears they are new to the protocol. The neurofeedback is a reprint of a therapist in Utah with no connection to AMAR. Personally, I do not subscribe to some of Dr Hammond's ideas. I've communicated with him directly some years ago.

Here is a clinic worth checking out.
Minnesota Neuro-Training Institute : About Us
I am not impressed due to the lack of detailed information but he is definitely ahead of AMAR.