Biofeedback, Third Edition: A Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover)

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"Mark S. Schwartz has done it again! The new third edition of Biofeedback provides an excellent update to the classic text. Schwartz and his new coeditor, Frank Andrasik, have produced an encyclopedic and up-to-date overview of biofeedback principles and applications. New chapters introduce emerging areas of biofeedback therapies, including chapters on heart rate variability biofeedback, pediatric headaches, general pediatric applications, and applications to sports and the performing arts. Four chapters now describe EEG neurofeedback applications, including a complete overview of the area. This comprehensive resource should be on the shelf of every clinician and researcher using biofeedback."--Donald Moss, PhD, Editor, Biofeedback magazine

"Biofeedback, 3rd Edition, is the essential guide to contemporary biofeedback treatment. It provides practical, state-of-the-art treatment protocols and also includes the references to supportive research that are required by today's evidence-based clinician. As a rehabilitation professional, I found the chapters on neuromuscular reeducation, musculoskeletal pain, and pelvic floor disorders to be both interesting and clinically relevant."--Susan J. Middaugh, PhD, PT, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

"The new edition of Biofeedback: A Practitioner’s Guide is the classic, encyclopedic text on the practice of biofeedback. The book is well organized, comprehensive, readable, and well-documented and should be on the bookshelf of every student, practitioner, researcher, and instructor in the field of applied psychophysiology."--Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

"...the most comprehensive and up-to-date text on biofeedback so far available. It is inclusive, encyclopedic and thorough. I cannot think of virtually any topic related to biofeedback that is not found here. This text is both clear and comprehensive. Complex medical systems and biochemical interactions are explicated in ways that are understandable to the uninitiated and yet not overly simplified for experts....Given the time, effort, size and levels of expertise of this book's many contributors, this is a bargain....For those wishing to study BCIA certification this text alone should provide the required knowledge base. Any psychology graduate program with a behavioral medicine component will wish to use this text as a primary biofeedback resource. Anyone interested in biofeedback or wishing to learn more about it need look no further than this Edition....this is a superb text and will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone professionally involved in biofeedback."--Child & Family Behavior Therapy

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Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL. Guide offers state-of-the-science coverage of biofeedback research, applications, clinical procedures, and biomedical instrumentation. For biofeedback practitioners from any professional background, including clinical, counseling, and allied health. Includes eleven new chapters; and revised, updated and streamlined chapters. Previous edition: c1995.

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Product Details Hardcover: 930 pages Publisher: The Guilford Press; Third Edition edition (July 9, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1572308451 ISBN-13: 978-1572308459 Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 2 inches Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #972,666 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• Hardcover: 930 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Third Edition edition (July 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572308451
• ISBN-13: 978-1572308459
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #972,666 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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54 of 54 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

By	Robert Kall "Rob Kall of Opednews.com" (Newtown, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

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

By	D. Melanogaster - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Biofeedback, Third Edition: 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.