It is then necessary to point out that bipolar disorder is simply a descriptor for brain instabilities, and that neurofeedback is fundamentally a strategy for enhancing brain stability. It rewards the maintenance of continuity in brain state. Contrast that with the state of research on anti-depressants in children, where only a single study has thus far even hinted at a positive outcome among children. There is one other signal advantage to neurofeedback. It is now becoming known that all these profound behavioral instabilities are characterized by hemispheric differences.
Pharmacology can only address the brain as a whole.
It cannot minister to one hemisphere preferentially. Neurofeedback, on the other hand, can be tailored to the demands of each hemisphere, and it can address specifically the issue of inter-hemispheric communication that appears to be a central issue in the entire instability category, or at least central to its clinical resolution. An excellent introduction to brain and cognitive sciences. Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma by Robert H. Klein, Victor L. Schermer, K. Roy MacKenzie Aspects of trauma group therapy and working with different populations and clinical problems are discussed. The mind-brain battle has expanded into psychiatric care.