Biofeedback, Second Edition: A Practitioner's Guide [Hardcover]

Mark S. Schwartz PhD (Author), and Associates (Author), Associates (Author), Mark S. Schwartz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0898628067 | ISBN-13: 978-0898628067 | Publication Date: March 10, 1995 | Edition: Second Edition

this comprehensive text offers state-or-the-science coverage of current biofeedback research, applications, clinical procedures, and biomedical instrumentation. Extensive glossaries are featured throughout, and chapters have been streamlined for easy reading.

Editorial Reviews

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"The second edition of Schwartz's book is exceptionally comprehensive and very informative on biofeedback and related topics...This book is surprisingly enjoyable reading, given the complicated information provided therein....Having 20 years of experience in psychophysiology and biofeedback, I still learned a great deal from reading it. The book has an extensive battery of assessment inventories which are quite useful in conjunction with biofeedback treatment. It has textbook style with detailed guidelines of excellent practical utility. This book will be required reading for my biofeedback students." --Wesley E. Sime, PhD, MPH, Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

"It is rare for a text to try to be all things to all readers and almost unheard of to come anywhere close to this objective. However, this is truly the case for the present text. The academic novice, the neophyte biofeedback clinician, the seasoned veteran contemplating expanding practice domains, and the hardcore researcher seeking tips for meaningful studies will all find something of value....Once in a great while, a text comes along and captures the richness, complexity, and excitement of a field. For biofeedback, this is that text." --from the Foreword by Frank Andrasik, PhD, Center for Behavioral Medicine, University of West Florida, Pensacola

"Dr. Schwartz's second edition is an excellent review of the whole field of biofeedback. It has updated material which is pertinent to the beginning practitioner as well as the experienced clinician. The chapters on incontinence retraining are good examples of how biofeedback is changing everyday treatment of chronic problems. I will continue to recommend Biofeedback: A Practitioner's Guide to students and clinicians as a major reference book." --Keith Sedlacek, MD, Director of Biofeedback, Staten Island University Hospital

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Mark S. Schwartz, PhD, is Chair of Psychology at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. He has been with the Mayo Clinic for more than 30 years and is a former President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 908 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (March 10, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898628067
• ISBN-13: 978-0898628067
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,035,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible of non-EEG Biofeedback; a practitioner must-have, November 2, 2000

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Robert Kall "Rob Kall of Opednews.com" (Newtown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biofeedback, Second Edition: A Practitioner's Guide (Paperback)

If you are going to get into biofeedback as a practitioner you really must have this book. It provides a wonderfully comprehensive, detailed picture of a wide range of biofeedback applications, modalities, issues and techniques. Edited and partially written by Mark Schwartz, founder of the Mayo Clinic Biofeedback program, and Frank Andrasik, both past presidents of AAPB (Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback,) the book offers an encyclopedic amount of information on the most frequently used forms of non-EEG biofeedback. It only has one chapter on EEG biofeedback-- though that one, by Joel Lubar, is an excellent. Even practitioners getting into work which focusses primarily on EEG should buy this book and include in their library, since it offers valuable perspectives on working with the kinds of clients/patients likely to be encountered.

if you are getting into a practice, working with headache, stress disorder, behavioral medicine, etc. then this book should be on your bookshelf.

Frankly, being a bit of a bibliomaniac, I have at least 40 different biofeedback books-- one of the largest libraries on the subject anywhere. I've also co-edited two books on biofeedback myself (published in Russia.) As a biofeedback practitioner since 1972, a biofeedback product inventor, software developer international meeting organizer and entrepreneur, I have recommended the book to hundreds of people and have probably sold, over the years, through my business, at least 300 copies. I know that at least three or four years ago, before the release of the 2nd edition, I heard that over 12,000 copies had been sold. That's pretty amazing for a book of this sort.

other good books on biofeedback include: Basmajian, Fuller-Von Bozzay, and for EEG biofeedback: Wise, Evans & Abarbanel

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Guide to Biofeedback Practice, May 4, 2000

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This review is from: Biofeedback, Second Edition: A Practitioner's Guide (Paperback)

Swartz and friends provide a thoughtful and extensive review of the history,methods,and applications of biofeedback practice. Primarily intended for health professionals, the book covers a variety of disorders/medical conditions that can be treated by biofeedback, and provides detailed instructions as to how to treat each disorder. Schwartz has been an integral figure in the development of professional standards for biofeedback practice as well, and the book also addresses this topic, as well as ethic issues. Has proven to be extremely helpful in training and practice. Well written.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars highly inclusive and highly technical, October 26, 2009

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This review is from: Biofeedback: A Practitioner's Guide (Paperback)

This is an excellent text. Very very technical and dense. Luckily I am taking an online biofeedback course which is much simpler and am just using the Schwartz book as an additional reference.