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Article: Biofeedback provides help for children
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- Jerusalem Post
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- October 8, 1995
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Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, POST HEALTH REPORTER
Jerusalem Post
10-08-1995
BIOFEEDBACK is being used to relieve pain, stress and anxiety in children. The technique has already been used successfully on patients at the Schneider Children's Medical Center for Israel, according to Dr. Nili Hillman, a clinical psychologist and biofeedback expert at the Petah Tikva hospital.
According to an article in the latest issue of Eitanim, Kupat Holim Clalit's monthly magazine, biofeedback has been used for some time to help adults, but this is the first program of its kind to treat children.
A patient is attached to electrodes linked to a computer screen. He sees a fish swimming in a zigzag pattern ...