Rhythmic Stimulation Procedures in Neuromodulation (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Evans, James R.; Turner, Robert

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rhythmic Stimulation Procedures in Neuromodulation offers a unique approach to rhythm-related stimulation as it pertains to modulating neural functioning, with the goal of alleviating symptoms of mental disorder. Rhythm and related concepts (frequency, resonance, entrainment) are thought by many to be closely linked to human health and disease. Neurologists and clinical psychologists facilitate neuroplasticity by using pulsed (rhythmic) sensory or electromagnetic stimulation-a group of techniques broadly referred to as neuromodulation. This edited volume describes details of rhythm-related neuromodulation techniques, and experts in the field have detailed the pros and cons of each approach, citing both clinical and scientific support.

Each technique chapter provides a detailed description of the procedure, a rationale for application with specific populations, discussion of similarities/differences relative to other approaches, and support for efficacy. This volume offers readers a historical overview of the roles of rhythm and dysrhythmia in health and disease, including examples of past and present therapeutic uses of rhythmic stimulation, entrainment, and/or modification. It also facilitates speculation about potential developments in rhythm-related methods for the future of mental health. Few books published in the general area of rhythm have focused on the scientific study of the significance of biological rhythms.

• Discusses features of the generally unknown early history of using rhythmic stimulation procedures in treating various disorders
• Provides an overview of the extent to which rhythmic stimulation of various types are basic to the majority of alternative and complementary medicine fields
• Provides details of several of today's more commonly used stimulation techniques for neuromodulation, discussing the theoretical foundations and limitations of each, and providing clinical and scientific research evidence for their treatment efficacy in specific applications
• Discusses current directions in which stimulation techniques are moving and speculates on the promise they hold for major changes in mental health care

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128037478
• Artikelnr.: 48670873

Autorenporträt

Dr. James Evans is licensed in clinical and school psychology. Following graduation with a bachelor's degree in education, and a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he taught in a public high school. Later he earned a master's degree in psychology. After working for six years at a state hospital and a county mental health center, he attended Peabody College of Vanderbilt University where he received a Ph.D. degree in psychology. He was on the faculty of the Psychology Department at the University of South Carolina for thirty years, and is retired from that position. He has completed postdoctoral work in neuropsychology at the University of California at San Francisco, the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. For over thirty years he also has maintained a successful private practice involving working with children and adults in hospital, school, prison, and private office settings. He has expertise in psychological, neuropsychological and psychoeducational assessmen

t, as well as years of experience in psychotherapy and neurotherapy. He is the author of thirty-five journal articles and nine book chapters, and editor or co-editor of ten psychology-related books, including Rhythmic Stimulation Procedures for Neuromodulation (2017) and Neurofeedback: The First Fifty Years ( 2019). Presently he is self-employed as a psychologist at the Sterlingworth Center in Greenville, SC.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Historical Overview of Rhythmic Stimulation Procedures in Health and Disease
2. Cranio-electro Stimulation: an effective yet simple technique for calming the mind
3. Audio-Visual Entrainment
4. Color- and Light-Based Modulation of Brain Activity
5. Nexalin and Related Forms of Subcortical Electrical Stimulation
6. The Use of Music for Neuromodulation
7. Non-invasive transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation: Working mechanisms
8. Toward a Frequency-Based Theory of Neurofeedback
9. Cultural Factors in Response to Rhythmic Stimuli
10. Speculation on the Nature and Future of Rhythmic Stimulation