The
Neuroscience
of Anxiety &
Depression
Anxiety is often a symptom of a brain stuck producing too many fast brainwaves (overthinks, worries, and obsesses).
Depression is often a symptom of a brain stuck producing too many slow brainwaves (fatigue, no motivation, overwhelm).
An EEG brain map objectively identifies the physiological source of anxiety and/or depression.
EEG Neurofeedback has been shown to effectively address the physiology, which significantly reduces symptoms.
Anxiety & Depression Are Symptoms of a "Functionally Stuck" Brain




"I have referred many patients as well as my family members to the Brain Performance Center over the past 10 years for anxiety, depression, and insomnia with excellent results. From my experience, neurofeedback should be an essential part of any treatment since it addresses the brain dysfunction at the core of these disorders.
Daniel Johnston, M.D.
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired)
Served as the Pentagon's Executive Medicine Physician
QEEG-guided neurofeedback treatment
for anxiety symptoms
This retrospective study intended to assess whether qEEG guided amplitude neurofeedback (NF) is a viable treatment for anxiety symptom reduction. Pre/post-assessments were given to the participants. Symptom assessments included the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and Achenbach (ASEBA) Adult Self Report (ASR). Results: The NF treatment group showed statistically significant improvements in all symptom assessments.
Jones, M. J., & Hitsman, H. (2018). QEEG-guided neurofeedback treatment for anxiety symptoms. NeuroRegulation, 5(3),85–92.
Neurofeedback with anxiety and affective disorders
"A robust body of neurophysiologic research is reviewed on functional brain abnormalities associated with depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. A review of more recent research finds that pharmacologic treatment may not be as effective as previously believed. A more recent neuroscience technology, electroencephalographic (EEG) biofeedback (neurofeedback), seems to hold promise as a methodology for retraining abnormal brain wave patterns".
Hammond DC. Neurofeedback with anxiety and affective disorders. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2005;14(1):105-vii. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2004.07.008
