Neurofeedback: One of today’s techniques in psychiatry? | Neurofeedback en psychiatrie : une technique du présent ?
L'Encéphale. 2017-04-01; 43(2): 135-145
DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2016.11.003
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1. Encephale. 2017 Apr;43(2):135-145. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2016.11.003. Epub 2016
Dec 29.
Neurofeedback: One of today’s techniques in psychiatry?
Arns M(1), Batail JM(2), Bioulac S(3), Congedo M(4), Daudet C(5), Drapier D(2),
Fovet T(6), Jardri R(6), Le-Van-Quyen M(7), Lotte F(8), Mehler D(9),
Micoulaud-Franchi JA(10), Purper-Ouakil D(11), Vialatte F(12); NExT group.
Author information:
(1)Research Institute Brainclinics, Bijleveldsingel 34, 6524 AD Nijmegen,
Netherlands; Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Domplein
29, 3512 JE Utrecht, Netherlands.
(2)Academic Psychiatry Department, centre hospitalier Guillaume-Régnier, 108,
avenue du Général-Leclerc, 35000 Rennes, France; EA 4712 Behavior and Basal
Ganglia, Rennes 1 University, CHU de Rennes, 2, rue Henri-le-Guilloux, 35000
Rennes, France.
(3)Université de Bordeaux, SANPSY, USR 3413, 33000 Bordeaux, France; CNRS,
SANPSY, USR 3413, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
(4)GIPSA-lab, CNRS and Grenoble Alpes University, 38400 Grenoble, France.
(5)Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
(6)Université Lille, CNRS UMR9193, SCALab, PsyCHIC team & CHU Lille, Fontan
hospital, CURE platform, 59000 Lille, France.
(7)Institut du cerveau et de la moelle epinière, UMRS 1127, CNRS UMR 7225,
hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France; Université
Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris 6, 75005 Paris, France.
(8)Inria Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, Project-Team Potioc/LaBRI, 33405 Talence, France.
(9)Cardiff University Brain Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology,
Cardiff University, United Kingdom; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
(10)Université de Bordeaux, SANPSY, USR 3413, 33000 Bordeaux, France; CNRS,
SANPSY, USR 3413, 33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address:
.
(11)CHU de Montpellier Saint-Éloi, médecine psychologique pour enfants et
adolescents (MPEA1), 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34295 Montpellier cedex, France.
(12)Laboratoire plasticité du cerveau, UMR 8249, ESPCI Paris Tech, PSL Research
University, 10, rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
OBJECTIVES: Neurofeedback is a technique that aims to teach a subject to regulate
a brain parameter measured by a technical interface to modulate his/her related
brain and cognitive activities. However, the use of neurofeedback as a
therapeutic tool for psychiatric disorders remains controversial. The aim of this
review is to summarize and to comment the level of evidence of
electroencephalogram (EEG) neurofeedback and real-time functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) neurofeedback for therapeutic application in psychiatry.
METHOD: Literature on neurofeedback and mental disorders but also on brain
computer interfaces (BCI) used in the field of neurocognitive science has been
considered by the group of expert of the Neurofeedback evaluation & training
(NExT) section of the French Association of biological psychiatry and
neuropsychopharmacology (AFPBN).
RESULTS: Results show a potential efficacy of EEG-neurofeedback in the treatment
of attentional-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, even if this is
still debated. For other mental disorders, there is too limited research to
warrant the use of EEG-neurofeedback in clinical practice. Regarding fMRI
neurofeedback, the level of evidence remains too weak, for now, to justify
clinical use. The literature review highlights various unclear points, such as
indications (psychiatric disorders, pathophysiologic rationale), protocols (brain
signals targeted, learning characteristics) and techniques (EEG, fMRI, signal
processing).
CONCLUSION: The field of neurofeedback involves psychiatrists, neurophysiologists
and researchers in the field of brain computer interfaces. Future studies should
determine the criteria for optimizing neurofeedback sessions. A better
understanding of the learning processes underpinning neurofeedback could be a key
element to develop the use of this technique in clinical practice.
Copyright © 2016 L’Encéphale, Paris. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights
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DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2016.11.003
PMID: 28041692 [Indexed for MEDLINE]