The Ability of Forensic Psychiatric Patients with Substance Use Disorder to Learn Neurofeedback

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Exploring Single-Case Research Design With Individualized Anxiety-Based Neurofeedback Protocols and Session Data

“…Some researchers criticize NAP analysis and suggest its limitation of distinguishing between the two phases (Manolov & Solanas, 2018); however, with neurofeedback sessions participants continually receive the intervention instead of having a distinct treatment phase and a no-treatment phase. NAP scores are the result of comparing all data points between two phases (Fielenbach et al, 2019). For the current study, Phase A consists of the first defined group of neurofeedback sessions and Phase B the last (i.e., or successive) defined group of sessions.…”

Effects of a Theta/Sensorimotor Rhythm Neurofeedback Training Protocol on Measures of Impulsivity, Drug Craving, and Substance Abuse in Forensic Psychiatric Patients With Substance Abuse: Randomized Controlled Trial

“…It is possible that the SMR frequency band is easier to regulate with neurofeedback training. In a recent study by Fielenbach et al [45], which focused on whether forensic psychiatric patients are actually able to learn to regulate cortical activity through neurofeedback training, more patients were able to systematically increase SMR activity as opposed to reducing theta activity. In a study by Doppelmayr and Weber [46], healthy participants were better able to regulate SMR activity than to change the theta/beta ratio, and a recent study by Janssen et al [39] showed that adolescents were not able to inhibit their theta frequency but did manage to increase beta activity.…”

eHealth Technology in Forensic Mental Healthcare: Recommendations for Achieving Benefits and Overcoming Barriers

“…With regard to technology itself, personalization appeared to be important, mostly because of the different needs and characteristics of the diverse forensic psychiatric patient population. Despite the widespread opinion that a one-size-fits-all approach is not suitable for forensic mental healthcare interventions (Cornet et al, 2019;Fielenbach et al, 2019;Whitaker et al, 2006), many eHealth interventions are still used as a fixed tool instead of an adaptive set of possible interventions . In order to ensure that a technology seamlessly fits the needs of patients and therapists, participants indicated that a multi-method, participatory development process is pivotal.…”

“…By means of such tailored eHealth interventions, a better fit between technology and patient can be achieved (Batastini et al, 2016;Cunningham et al, 2012;Levesque et al, 2012). In this way, the predominant one-size-fits-all approach toward eHealth interventions can be overcome in the broad and diverse forensic mental healthcare sector, which is characterized by a large variety of patients, treatments and judicial statuses (Fielenbach et al, 2019;Whitaker et al, 2006). Another technology that has been receiving much attention the last few years is virtual reality (VR).…”