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Neurofeedback and autism

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Just wondered why the NHS is advising against Neurofeedback when there are research articles saying it is very beneficial to autistic people?

http://publications.nice.org.uk/autism-cg170?utm_source=Linx+295+-+12+September&utm_campaign=linx295&utm_medium=email

http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/29/72/94/PDF/Kouijzer_et_al_2008_Auth.pdf (for instance).

I would have thought if it was a question of cost it wouldn't mention it at all as not many people have heard of neurofeedback and to my knowledge it's not even available on the NHS.  It appears to be listed along with potentially harmful therapies such as chelation.  Just wondered why.

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  • Regarding on line sources, there is a lot of material on the web that isn't appropriate, including privately created sites, tongue-in-cheek science take offs, young people's information sites that schools wouldn't approve of, but which the market enables to thrive....

    Some academic papers are available on the web, some because they are more than a certain number of years old, or an agreement has been reached for release of newer papers, or the publishing organisation has decided on line open access is best for them.  For example Autism Research Centre ARC papers are mostly freely accessible on line - but what's the point as the subject matter won't help individuals on the spectrum with their daily lives.

    Most journals unfortunately, or at least papers within recent years, you have to pay for to access. Unless you are at a university or research institute that pays the licenses for greater access, where a lot is freely available. Since I retired accessing journals has been a nightmare.

    The validity depends on the journal, one of good international quality will be as reliable as getting it on paper.

    However getting journals on paper now is incredibly difficult. Many libraries have disposed of their journal back copies in favour of electronic storage, and some journals now are electronic only. You would have to travel long distances to access hard copy journals now, and many Americamn or Australian jornals aren't available here as hard copy.

    Government and research institute reports are best accessed on line now, as the cost of buying Government reports hard copy is astronomical.

    So where we get this idea that nothing on line is reliable comes from I do not know, because nowadays academics have little choice but to go on line.

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  • Regarding on line sources, there is a lot of material on the web that isn't appropriate, including privately created sites, tongue-in-cheek science take offs, young people's information sites that schools wouldn't approve of, but which the market enables to thrive....

    Some academic papers are available on the web, some because they are more than a certain number of years old, or an agreement has been reached for release of newer papers, or the publishing organisation has decided on line open access is best for them.  For example Autism Research Centre ARC papers are mostly freely accessible on line - but what's the point as the subject matter won't help individuals on the spectrum with their daily lives.

    Most journals unfortunately, or at least papers within recent years, you have to pay for to access. Unless you are at a university or research institute that pays the licenses for greater access, where a lot is freely available. Since I retired accessing journals has been a nightmare.

    The validity depends on the journal, one of good international quality will be as reliable as getting it on paper.

    However getting journals on paper now is incredibly difficult. Many libraries have disposed of their journal back copies in favour of electronic storage, and some journals now are electronic only. You would have to travel long distances to access hard copy journals now, and many Americamn or Australian jornals aren't available here as hard copy.

    Government and research institute reports are best accessed on line now, as the cost of buying Government reports hard copy is astronomical.

    So where we get this idea that nothing on line is reliable comes from I do not know, because nowadays academics have little choice but to go on line.

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