“A growing number of psychiatrists and psychologists in B.C. say they’re successfully treating patients by harnessing the power of patients’ own brain waves.
Neurofeedback treatment has been studied for several decades but remains controversial among scholars.
“This debate has been going on for a long time,” said Simon Fraser University neuroscientist Randy McIntosh.
“There is a long history of using things like neurofeedback to help somebody re-orient their brain.”
McIntosh — a professor in SFU’s department of biomedical physiology and kinesiology, and B.C. Leadership Chair in Neuroscience and Technology Transfer Across the Lifespan — said there’s evidence neurofeedback works for patients with certain disorders, even if there is disagreement over exactly how or why.”