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5. Does research prove Neurofeedback will help?

• In January 2000, a medical journal devoted an entire issue to reviewing much of the published research evaluating the effectiveness of neurofeedback. Writing an introduction to the journal issue, a prominent neurologist, Dr. Frank Duffy, concluded that neurofeedback:

  "…should play a major therapeutic role in many difficult areas. In my opinion, if any medication had demonstrated such a wide spectrum of efficacy it would be universally accepted and widely used." - Frank H.Duffy, M.D., Associate Editor for Neurology, Clinical Electroencephalography, Vol. 31 #1, January 2000

  Although there are many research studies evaluating neurofeedback, to date there are no large-scale studies of the types some people believe are necessary to scientifically prove its effectiveness. However, years of clinical experience and thousands of satisfied people demonstrate the value of neurofeedback for many difficult problems. We are hopeful that more large-scale studies will be conducted in the future.