| Good News
for Clinicians |
| A
study conducted at the University of Iowa showed that biofeedback
for dyssnyergic defecation was better than laxatives, diet and
exercise or a sham treatment that included muscle relaxation and
coping strategies. The findings appear in the March issue of
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
In
a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of biofeedback for migraine,
two German researchers reported "robust" effects of biofeedback for
this painful condition. "Efficacy of biofeedback for migraine: A
meta-analysis," Y. Nestoriuc and A. Martin (Germany), Pain, 128 (1-2),
111-127. |
| 2008 AAPB
Annual Meeting |
What topics would you
like to see at the 2008 meeting in Daytona Beach, Florida?
Please email your suggestions to Fred Shaffer, Program
Chair, at fshaffer@truman.edu. Be sure to put the dates on
your calendar.
In addition, AAPB has issued its Call for
Submissions for the 39th Annual Meeting.
You can now submit your
workshops, short courses, symposia, posters and oral presentations
to the online submission site, which will be open until
October 14 at midnight. No late submissions will be
accepted.
|
| Fall
Workshop |
Presented by: Richard Gevirtz, PhD; Paul Lehrer,
PhD; and Stephen Porges, PhD.
This workshop is intended for biofeedback
practitioners with some preliminary background in heart rate
variability (HRV) and HRV biofeedback. It will cover "Polyvagal
Theory" (Porges, 1995), its development, status, and implications,
and HRV measurement with an emphasis on clinical utility. From these
foundations, applications for developmental, psychophysiological,
anxiety, and pulmonary disorders will be covered. It is expected
that the participant will be able to read the HRV literature with
greater understanding and be able to design an HRV biofeedback
protocol for relevant disorders.
|
| Chapter
Events |
The Northern California
Regional Meeting
BIOFEEDBACK SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA
Saturday, June 2
San Rafael,
California
Speakers
include:
- Chris Gilbert -
Treating Chronic Headaches: Biofeedback and Beyond
- Paul Hamilton -
Clinical Applications for Depression and Mood-Shifting with
Real-time Localized fMRI Neurofeedback
- Lewis Mehl Madrona,
PhD - Spiritualism and Cultural Enhancement in Diabetes Control;
Combining Spiritualism and Physiology
Details and
registration information.
The Mid-Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral
Medicine Annual Spring Conference
COMPLEMENTARY, INTEGRATIVE AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE: MEETING AT
THE CROSSROADS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Saturday, June 2
Columbia,
Maryland
- Margaret Chesney, PhD
- A Perspective at the Crossroads of Complementary, Integrative
and Behavioral Medicine
- Monica Myklebust, MD
- Integrative Medicine: Clinical Applications
- Galena Kuiper, LCSW -
An Integrative Approach for a Patient with Multiple Diagnoses
- Elsie Ferguson, PhD -
Clinical Psychology: Selected Case Studies
For more information,
email Bea Haskins, President of the MASBBM, at beahaskins@mindspring.com.
Pennsylvania Society of Behavioral
Medicine and Biofeedback Annual Spring
Conference
AUTISM AND
BIOFEEDBACK
Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3
Doylesville, Pennsylvania
Speakers include:
- Robert Coben, PhD, a researcher and a pioneer in the use of
brain-based biofeedback for autism.
- Betty Jarusiewicz, PhD, is the director of the Atlantic
Counseling Center in New Jersey. The center specializes in
neurofeedback for the treatment of individuals on the autistic
spectrum.
More information available on the PSBMB
website.
Biofeedback Society of Florida
Conference
ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING FOR PERFORMANCE
ENHANCEMENT AND HEALTH
June 30 - July 1, 2007
Orlando, Florida
Featured
speaker:
Dr. Vietta
"Sue" Wilson of York University in Toronto is an
internationally renowned expert in sports psychology and optimal
performance who has trained Olympic athletes using traditional and
biofeedback performance enhancing techniques. Dr. Wilson is also the
author of the Thought Technology, Ltd. optimal performance and
health suite for their Biograph Infiniti software. Her lecture will
include a discussion of her research on psychophysiological
profiling and EEG brain mapping of elite performers and
demonstrations using the Biograph Infiniti software.
|
| AAPB
Committees and Task Forces |
AAPB has 11 standing committees, all required by
our by-laws. This is a cumbersome structure that makes it
difficult to respond to opportunities as they arise.
A much better strategy - one that takes better
advantage of the knowledge and enthusiasm of our members - is to
rely more heavily on task forces. Compared to standing
committees, task forces can be put together quickly, can be charged
to carry out a specific task by a due date, and can be disbanded
when their work is done. Task forces can get more work done than
committees because individuals appointed to them are passionate
about the task and more willing to work for a defined period of
time.
AAPB's Board would like to simplify our committee
structure. In the place of our 11 committees, we would like to
reduce them to six:
- Membership
- Finance
- Elections
- Ethics
- Communications
- Program
In this group of six, the Finance committee would be entirely new
and charged with the responsibility of keeping AAPB's finances in
good order.
We're already taking advantage of our new emphasis on task
forces. In one example, President Alan Glaros asked
Mark Schwartz to chair a multi-association task force on the
definition of biofeedback. Members from BCIA and ISNR will
serve on this task force. The work will be completed this
fall. Our goal is to have a definition that all major
organizations involved in biofeedback agree to. With this
definition in hand, we could approach the FDA with an offer to help
them better define biofeedback. We could educate the public
better.
We'd like to hear your thoughts about this potential
change. Let us know what you think by e-mailing President
Glaros at aglaros@kcumb.edu. |
| Welcome New
Members! |
We welcome the following
individuals who have become new members of AAPB since March
12, 2007. We're delighted to have you join the premier
international society for mind-body interactions in research,
healthcare and education. Thank you for the confidence you've
placed in us!
- Mary Babl, West Point, Nebraska
- Pinky Bansal, Piscataway, New Jersey
- Christine Coolidge, PhD, Hampton Bays, New York
- Jacqueline de Vries, Maywah, New Jersey
- Robert Diamond, Prescott, Arizona
- Marti Elvebak, Los Altos, California
- Betty Everett, PhD, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Neuza Ferraz Arruda, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Michael Freytag, LPC, NCC, CBT, Jackson, Mississippi
- Ma Dolores, Gaxiola, Mexico City, Mexico
- Lindsay Havlicek, Lake Placid, New York
- Susan Ingalls, Santa Rosa, California
- Michelle Little, Richmond, Virginia
- Laurita Putegnat, San Antonio, Texas
- Ms. Rue, Sedona, Arizona
- Douglas Scott, PsyD, LMFT, Rancho de Taos, New Mexico
- Joseph Ward, Nicholasville, KY
- Harvey Wells, MSc, PGCAP, QEEGT, London, United
Kingdom
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| Other
News |
Did You
Know?
Our ratings for our journal, Applied
Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, go up when you make a request
for a reprint through your library. If your library can access
the journal through a portal to Kluwer, try using that mechanism,
and in the process, support AAPB.
And did you notice the new, large format for the
journal? Very nice.
Oops
We inadvertently referred
to Karan Kverno as "he" in the last issue of the
newsletter. She has kindly forgiven
us. | |
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