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Biofeedback, Third Edition: A Practitioner's Guide

Biofeedback, Third Edition: A Practitioner's Guide
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The definitive text in the field, this comprehensive volume provides state-of-the-science coverage of biofeedback research, applications, clinical procedures, and biomedical instrumentation. With contributions from leading experts, the volume offers a unique combination of practical know-how and scholarly expertise. A wealth of information is presented in an accessible, streamlined style, including helpful glossaries throughout. Featured are detailed protocols for helping patients cultivate lower physiological arousal and for addressing an array of specific clinical problems: headaches, temporomandibular disorders, Raynaud's disease, essential hypertension, neuromuscular problems, elimination disorders, and much more.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #71294 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-06-20
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 930 pages

Editorial Reviews

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"Biofeedback, 3rd Edition, is the essential guide to contemporary biofeedback treatment. It provides practical, state-of-the-art treatment protocols and also includes the references to supportive research that are required by today's evidence-based clinician. As a rehabilitation professional, I found the chapters on neuromuscular reeducation, musculoskeletal pain, and pelvic floor disorders to be both interesting and clinically relevant."--Susan J. Middaugh, PhD, PT, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC


"The new edition of Biofeedback: A Practitioner’s Guide is the classic, encyclopedic text on the practice of biofeedback. The book is well organized, comprehensive, readable, and well-documented and should be on the bookshelf of every student, practitioner, researcher, and instructor in the field of applied psychophysiology."--Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

"...the most comprehensive and up-to-date text on biofeedback so far available. It is inclusive, encyclopedic and thorough. I cannot think of virtually any topic related to biofeedback that is not found here. This text is both clear and comprehensive. Complex medical systems and biochemical interactions are explicated in ways that are understandable to the uninitiated and yet not overly simplified for experts....Given the time, effort, size and levels of expertise of this book's many contributors, this is a bargain....For those wishing to study BCIA certification this text alone should provide the required knowledge base. Any psychology graduate program with a behavioral medicine component will wish to use this text as a primary biofeedback resource. Anyone interested in biofeedback or wishing to learn more about it need look no further than this Edition....this is a superb text and will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone professionally involved in biofeedback."--Child & Family Behavior Therapy

About the Author

Mark S. Schwartz, PhD, is on the Mayo Clinic Emeritus Staff; has a private practice in Jacksonville, Florida; and is Adjunct Professor at the University of North Florida.

Frank Andrasik, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and Professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida.

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I. History, Entering, and Definitions
1. A Historical Perspective on the Field of Biofeedback and Applied Psychophysiology, Mark S. Schwartz and R. Paul Olson
2. Entering the Field of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and Assuring Competence, Mark S. Schwartz
3A. Definitions of Biofeedback and Applied Psychophysiology, R. Paul Olson
3B. Definitions of Biofeedback and Applied Psychophysiology, Nancy M. Schwartz and Mark S. Schwartz
II. Instrumentation and Computers
4. A Primer of Biofeedback Instrumentation, Charles J. Peek
5. Computers in Biofeedback: Megabyte is Not a Dental Problem, Jack C. Hartje
III. Office Assessment and Compliance
6. Intake Decisions and Preparation of Patients for Therapy, Mark S. Schwartz
7. Baselines, Mark S. Schwartz
8. Therapist Presence or Absence, Mark S. Schwartz and Audrey L. Gemberling
9. Compliance, Mark S. Schwartz
IV. Cultivating Lower Arousal
10. Dietary Considerations: Rationale, Issues, Substances, Evaluation, and Patient Education,
Keith L Block and Mark S. Schwartz
11. Breathing Therapies, Mark S. Schwartz
12. Problems with Relaxation and Biofeedback: Assisted Relaxation and Guidelines for Management, Mark S. Schwartz and Nancy M. Schwartz
13. The Use of Audiotapes for Patient Education and Relaxation, Mark S. Schwartz
V. Disorders Needing Lower Tension and Arousal
14. Headache: Selected Issues and Considerations in Evaluation and Treatment, Part A: Evaluation, Mark S. Schwartz
15. Headache: Selected Issues and Considerations in Evaluation and Treatment, Part B: Treatment, Mark S. Schwartz
16. Temporomandibular Disorders, Richard N. Gevirtz, Alan G. Glaros, Deborah Hopper, and Mark S. Schwartz
17. Raynaud's Disease: Selected Issues and Considerations in Using Biofeedback Therapies, Mark S. Schwartz and Mark F. Kelly
18. Biobehavioral Treatment of Essential Hypertension, Angele McGrady, R. Paul Olson, and J. Suzanne Kroon
VI. Nontraditional Applications
19. Biofeedback-Assisted Relaxation and Diabetes Mellitus, Angele McGrady and Barbara Bailey
VII. Neurofeedback Applications
20. Neurofeedback for the Management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Joel F. Lubar
VIII. Neuromuscular Applications
21. Biofeedback in Neuromuscular Re-Education and Gait Training, David E. Krebs

22. Biofeedback-Assisted Musculoskeletal Therapy and Neuromuscular Re-Education, Eric R. Fogel
IX. Elimination Disorders
23. Urinary Incontinence: Evaluation and Biofeedback Treatment, Jeannette Tries and Eugene Eisman
24. Fecal Incontinence, Jeannette Tries, Eugene Eisman, and Susan P. Lowery
25. Nocturnal or Sleep Enuresis: The Urine Alarm as a Biofeedback Treatment, Mark S. Schwartz
X. Professional Issues, Considerations, and Guidelines
26. Professional Ethical Behavior for Providers of Biofeedback, Sebastian Striefel
27. Models of Practice: The Delivery of Biofeedback Service, R. Paul Olson
28. Professional Communications, Mark S. Schwartz
29. Job Descriptions, Mark S. Schwartz
XI. Quality Control and Research
30. Biofeedback Quality Control: Evaluating The Professionals and the Therapies, J. Suzanne Kroon
31. Evaluating Research in Clinical Biofeedback, Mark S. Schwartz
XII. Perspective: Other Applications, Status, and the Future
32. The Biofeedback Journey: The Biofeedback Odyssey, Mark S. Schwartz
33. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Mark S. Schwartz
34. Tinnitus: Nothing is as Loud as a Sound You Are Trying Not to Hear, Mark S. Schwartz
35. Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Mark S. Schwartz
36. Treating Special Populations, Mark S. Schwartz
37. The Frontier: Old and New, Mark S. Schwartz
38. Status of Professionals and Publications and One More Look Forward, Mark S. Schwartz and R. Paul Olson

Customer Reviews

The Bible of non-EEG Biofeedback; a practitioner must-have5
If you are going to get into biofeedback as a practitioner you really must have this book. It provides a wonderfully comprehensive, detailed picture of a wide range of biofeedback applications, modalities, issues and techniques. Edited and partially written by Mark Schwartz, founder of the Mayo Clinic Biofeedback program, and Frank Andrasik, both past presidents of AAPB (Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback,) the book offers an encyclopedic amount of information on the most frequently used forms of non-EEG biofeedback. It only has one chapter on EEG biofeedback-- though that one, by Joel Lubar, is an excellent. Even practitioners getting into work which focusses primarily on EEG should buy this book and include in their library, since it offers valuable perspectives on working with the kinds of clients/patients likely to be encountered.

if you are getting into a practice, working with headache, stress disorder, behavioral medicine, etc. then this book should be on your bookshelf.

Frankly, being a bit of a bibliomaniac, I have at least 40 different biofeedback books-- one of the largest libraries on the subject anywhere. I've also co-edited two books on biofeedback myself (published in Russia.) As a biofeedback practitioner since 1972, a biofeedback product inventor, software developer international meeting organizer and entrepreneur, I have recommended the book to hundreds of people and have probably sold, over the years, through my business, at least 300 copies. I know that at least three or four years ago, before the release of the 2nd edition, I heard that over 12,000 copies had been sold. That's pretty amazing for a book of this sort.

other good books on biofeedback include: Basmajian, Fuller-Von Bozzay, and for EEG biofeedback: Wise, Evans & Abarbanel

The Best Guide to Biofeedback Practice5
Swartz and friends provide a thoughtful and extensive review of the history,methods,and applications of biofeedback practice. Primarily intended for health professionals, the book covers a variety of disorders/medical conditions that can be treated by biofeedback, and provides detailed instructions as to how to treat each disorder. Schwartz has been an integral figure in the development of professional standards for biofeedback practice as well, and the book also addresses this topic, as well as ethic issues. Has proven to be extremely helpful in training and practice. Well written.

highly inclusive and highly technical5
This is an excellent text. Very very technical and dense. Luckily I am taking an online biofeedback course which is much simpler and am just using the Schwartz book as an additional reference.