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Neurofeedback and autism

IntenseWorld

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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  • Not wishing to hijack your thread IntenseWorld, but I have found found online scientific papers to be of use with my daily life. Specifically research which shows that joint hypermobility causes biofeedback which is interpreted as anxiety by the body. Massive help in understanding why I panic when beginning to exercise and not something I could have got from a book or my GP. Reading papers has helped me pull together research and understand autism as a whole-body thing and not something which affects the brain and stops at the neck.

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  • Not wishing to hijack your thread IntenseWorld, but I have found found online scientific papers to be of use with my daily life. Specifically research which shows that joint hypermobility causes biofeedback which is interpreted as anxiety by the body. Massive help in understanding why I panic when beginning to exercise and not something I could have got from a book or my GP. Reading papers has helped me pull together research and understand autism as a whole-body thing and not something which affects the brain and stops at the neck.

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