Saturday, August 13, 2011

UK Riots Bring Attention to Troubled Youths

London Riots Put Spotlight on Troubled, Unemployed Youths in Britain


In recent days, young rioters and looters have dominated front pages and television reports around the world and forced the deployment of thousands of police officers. Widespread antisocial and criminal behavior by young and usually unemployed people is an issue around the world. The costs of the damage is great but not as great as the cost to hire Licensed counselors, psychologists, other health professionals and conduct researchers into the causes of this type of behavior. One little known area that is becoming more popular in bio and neurofeedback. A European Foundation offers online classes to health professionals on troubled youth. These lessons provide instruction on the applicability of neurofeedback and biofeedback to the treatment of troubled youth. The content introduces an approach to treating adolescent problems with neurofeedback, biofeedback and counseling. It provides an overview of treatment considerations and strategies to maximize neurofeedback and biofeedback modalities. It answers some of the questions about comorbidity in Troubled Youth for such disorders as ADHD, Addictions, Anxiety disorders and Social Disorders. After viewing the class recordings participants will have a basic understanding of neurofeedback and biofeedback for troubled youth, they will be aware of how biofeedback can be used; they will have seen a demonstration of a session recording with a real patient, and they will be able to start to consider how biofeedback and neurofeedback may be of benefit at their location.


Linda Walker
"A spokesperson for the foundation, Linda Walker, was quoted as saying, it's tragic how the facilities that were available for these troubled youth are being closed because of lack of funding. We are only starting to see the real cost of not looking after people until it's too late, and then locking them up in prison instead of helping them before it is too late".

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