Neurofeedback training can help with depression and anxiety

Margaret Jennings looks at research that suggests battling depression and anxiety with neurofeedback training can reap dividends for patients.

IMAGINE having a cap with electrodes attached to your brain which links up to a computer screen where you ‘play’ a video game, because you have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression and you want to get better.

It sounds quite futuristic, but actually it’s happening here in Ireland and up to 20% of patients attending the Actualise Neurofeedback Clinic based at Dublin City University, are in their 50s, 60s and 70s, according to Dr Michael Keane, director of the centre.