Jane H. Percy
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Dr. Singh and Lee Gerdes' most recent paper, Overcoming Depression through Brain State Conditioning, was published in the Frontiers in Neurosciene Magazine (Vol. 3, Issue 2).
Depression or major depressive disorder
(MDD) is a very serious medical illness
affecting an estimated 25 million Americans
and millions more worldwide. It significantly
changes an individual’s ability to function on
a daily basis. Symptoms include persistently
sad or irritable mood, pronounced changes
in sleep, appetite, and energy, difficulty
thinking, concentrating, and remembering,
physical slowing or agitation, lack of interest
in, or pleasure from, activities that were once
enjoyed, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, hopelessness,
and emptiness, recurrent thoughts
of death or suicide and persistent physical
symptoms that do not respond to treatment,
such as headaches, digestive disorders, and
chronic pain. The cause of depression is not
very well understood, but the disorder has a
neurobiological basis (Mayberg, 2007). We
hypothesized that depressed individuals have
an imbalance in the brain (Gerdes, 2008)
and conducted a pilot study of brain training
using brain state conditioning (BSC). We
found that depressive tendencies can be suppressed
by BSC.
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How is BST Different
| Vijendra K. Singh, Ph.D, is the Director of Neuroscience
Research at the Brain State Technologies
in Scottsdale, Arizona. After graduating from
Lucknow University, India, he received his doctorate
from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada. Formerly a Professor at the
University of Michigan, Utah State University,
Medical University of South Carolina and University
of British Columbia. He has devoted his entire
career to studying brain diseases, mental illnesses
and immune deficiency disorders. Currently
he leads research into brain training modalities,
including BSC, to help people who suffer
from brain diseases and mental health problems.
vsingh@brainstatetech.com |
Lee Gerdes is CEO of Brain State Technologies,
LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, a company with 140 affiliate
offices in 18 countries. Lee’s education includes
a B.A. in Math and Physics, Doane College,
Crete, Nebraska; Master of Divinity, Wartburg
Seminary, Dubuque, IA; graduate work in engineering
at Columbia University, New York; and
graduate work in Clinical Psychology, JFK University,
Orinda, CA. Lee has 40 years of experience
in the computer software field and has
previously served as VP of Solutions for Net
Perceptions and as Principal Consultant and
software applications design leader for other
companies and consulting firms.
leeg@brainstatetech.com |
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Gerdes, L. (2008). Limitless You: the infinite
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MacMaster, F. P., Mirza, Y., and Szeszko, P. R.
(2008). Amygdala and hippocampal volumes
in familial onset major depressive disorder.
Biol. Psychiatr. 63, 385-390.
Mayberg, H. (2007). Brain pathway may
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Sen, S., Duman, R., and Sanacora, G. (2008).
Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor,
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64, 527-532. |
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