Biofeedback Volume 49: Issue 1

A good number of veterans while serving in recent combat zones experienced blast injuries resulting in traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), 80% of which were mild (m) with 25%–50% having prolonged postconcussive symptoms (PCSs). Neurofeedback (NFB) has demonstrated a decent degree of efficacy with mTBI PCSs in civilian and veteran populations. Using infra-low frequency NFB, the authors conducted a pilot study to determine the feasibility and initial efficacy with veterans. Because these results were promising, funding for a full clinical trial was subsequently applied for and acquired.

Addiction is a devastating disease of the body, the mind, and even the personality. Recent research shows that heart rate variability biofeedback can help the alcoholic/addict recover in three crucial ways, namely (1) treating the associated comorbidities (depression, anxiety, chronic pain), (2) treating the physiology around craving, and (3) returning to a loving and nurturing relationship with one's own body instead of an abusive and exploitive one.

The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) is a member organization in the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS). FABBS is our representative in Washington for researchers in the brain and behavioral sciences. I have been AAPB's representative to FABBS. AAPB members with a research interest are asked to pay a small sum with AAPB registration to support AAPB's involvement in FABBS.

FABBS had a Zoom meeting on December 7, 2020. Issues of interest and relevance to AAPB members included the following.

A group discussed the apparent lack of interest of the National Institute of Mental

Neurofeedback Impact on Chronic Headache, Sleep, and Attention Disorders Experienced by Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study

HRV Biofeedback and Addiction: Rehabbing Body, Mind and Spirit

Psychophysiological Therapy from a Distance: The Art of Sharing

Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

ABSTRACTS: Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

ABSTRACTS: Abstracts of Posters Presented at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of AAPB

MEMORIAL: Eleanor Criswell-Hanna, 1938–2024

SPECIAL ISSUE: Lessons Learned: A Pilot Study on the Feasibility of Using Biofeedback Monitoring in a Remote Setting with Special Forces Veterans in Saipan

SPECIAL ISSUE: The ACT of Biofeedback—Training for Psychological Flexibility