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Biofeedback Therapy with Children

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Biofeedback and Family Practice Medicine

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Children are not immune to stress and stress related illnesses. Psychosomatic disease, behavior disorders, and exacerbation of learning disabilities and organic disease such as epilepsy and diabetes may all be stress related in children. This paper describes the use of biofeedback training and adjunctive techniques in the treatment of these disorders in children, in a clinical setting. The treatment goal is psychophysiological self-regulation through relaxation and stress management, self-image, and cognitive change.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Biofeedback and Stress Management Group, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Judith A. Green

  2. Psychotherapy and Biofeedback Associates, Greeley, Colorado, USA

    Judith A. Green

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital, The School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

    William H. Rickles

  2. Sandweiss Biofeedback Institute, Beverly Hills, California, USA

    Jack H. Sandweiss

  3. Biofeedback Institute of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

    David W. Jacobs

  4. United States International University, San Diego, California, USA

    Robert N. Grove

  5. Sonoma State University, Rohnert, California, USA

    Eleanor Criswell

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Green, J.A. (1983). Biofeedback Therapy with Children. In: Rickles, W.H., Sandweiss, J.H., Jacobs, D.W., Grove, R.N., Criswell, E. (eds) Biofeedback and Family Practice Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1173-7_9

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