Quantitative Electroencephalography-Guided Versus Scott/Peniston Neurofeedback With Substance Use Disorder Outpatients: A Pilot Study
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The present study evaluated quantitative electroencephalogram (QEEG)-guided and Scott/Peniston neurofeedback compared with a wait-list control in the treatment of substance abuse in an outpatient setting. Participants completed an intake assessment, 40 neurofeedback sessions, and a posttraining assessment. Change scores of the clinical scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory were used for outcomes. Compared with controls, QEEG-guided neurofeedback resulted in improvement on three scales, whereas Scott/Peniston training resulted in improvement on two scales. Findings showed significantly decreased symptoms of anxiety, schizophrenia, alcohol problems, and drug problems. The changes in outcome scores related more strongly to the participants’ diagnoses and predominant drugs of abuse than to the type of neurofeedback intervention. Due to the small numbers in this study, efficacy differences between the two neurofeedback approaches were inconclusive.
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