The Effectiveness of Neurofeedback Therapy in Craving of Methamphetamine Use

Abstract

Introduction: Relapse in methamphetamine dependency is one of the most difficult parts to treat. Therefore treatment of craving for usage is one of the essential sections of treatment in methamphetamine dependency (addiction). This study evaluates the effect of neurofeedback therapy on craving for use. Methods: In this study 20 male patient with methamphetamine dependency who diagnosed on the basis of DSM-V were selected. None of the patients had any psychiatric and neurologic disorder except addiction of methamphetamine. Patients were divided into 2 groups of 10. The first group has taken real neurofeedback therapy sessions while the second has undergone non-real neurofeedback (sham) therapy. Then the two groups have been compared with t-test. Result: The result shows that in the first group (real neurofeedback), craving for methamphetamine use has been decreased significantly whereas in the second group (non-real or sham), the decrease was not significant. Conclusion: Neurofeedback therapy is effective in treatment of craving for methamphetamine use.

Comparison of LORETA Z score Neurofeedback and Cognitive Rehabilitation in terms of their Effectiveness in Reducing Craving in Opioid Addicts

“…Our findings showed the effectiveness of LZNFB and cognitive rehabilitation treatments in decreasing craving and attentional bias to drug cues and improving the well-being that are consistent with previous studies (Begh et al, 2013;Campanella, 2016;Cox et al, 2014;Dehghani-Arani, Rostami, & Nadali, 2013;Fals-Stewart & Lam, 2010;Hashemian, 2015;Heidari, Taremian, & Khalatbari, 2017;Passini, Watson, Dehnel, Herder, & Watkins, 1977;E. G. Peniston & Kulkosky, 1989;Potenza et al, 2011;Ross, 2013;Saxby & Peniston, 1995;Schoenmakers et al, 2010;Scott, Kaiser, Othmer, & Sideroff, 2005;Skjaervø, 2010;Taremian, 2014;Robert W Thatcher, 2010;van Hemel-Ruiter et al, 2016;Wiers et al, 2015).…”

“…Similar to our findings, some studies on alcohol dependence patients by Passini et al Bodehnamer & Callaway, Burkett et al Raymond et al established progressions via comparing the treatment and control groups. Scott et al concluded that neurofeedback treatment enhanced psychological health in mixed substance addicts (Bodenhamer-Davis & Callaway, 2004;Burkett, Cummins, Dickson, & Skolnick, 2004;Hashemian, 2015;Passini et al, 1977;E. Peniston, 1994;E.…”

“…Similar to our findings, some studies on alcohol dependence patients by Passini et al, Bodehnamer & Callaway, Burkett et al Raymond et al established progressions via comparing the treatment and control groups. Scott et al concluded that neurofeedback treatment enhanced psychological health in mixed substance addicts ( Bodenhamer-Davis & Callaway, 2004 ; Burkett, Cummins, Dickson, & Skolnick, 2004; Hashemian, 2015 ; Passini et al, 1977 ; Peniston, 1994; Peniston & Kulkosky, 1991 ; Raymond, Varney, Parkinson, & Gruzelier, 2005 ; Ross, 2013 ; Saxby & Peniston, 1995 ). Taremian and Heydari showed the efficacy of conventional NFB (alpha-theta protocol) in decreasing craving in opioid addict patients.…”

Neuro-Feedback Training For Overweight Women: Improvement of Food Craving And Mental Health

“…As shown in Table 5, neurofeedback training reduced the total scores of food craving in comparison with the control group. These findings are in accordance with the findings obtained by Saxby and Pension (1995), Scott et al, (2005), Hashemian (2015), Rostami and Dehghani-Arani (2015), Dehghani et al, (2008), Imperatori et al (2017). In this study, neurofeedback training reduced craving in the experimental group.…”

“…The results showed that neurofeedback intervention reduced craving and tendency to use opioid, and increased general health scores in comparison with the control group. Hashemian (2015) showed the positive effect of neurofeedback on reducing the craving for meta-amphetamine.…”