Neurofeedback Malaysia, A Promising Tool For Stroke Rehab Treatment

 

Stroke is a health condition whereby there is an insufficient blood supply that carries the oxygen, O2 and nutrients needed by the brain. The lack of blood supply will cause a damage to the brain cells and even worse, it leads to the death of brain cells which had a big impact on the patient’s well-being such as memory loss and the physical and functional disabilities (Boehme et al., 2017).

As stroke cases are starting to increase among the old age group, the experts had invented the F-A-S-T stroke recognition to raise the awareness and help people to identify the stroke signs earlier (Khatri, 2019). Early intervention is better. According to Beckerman (2020), the F-A-S-T stroke recognition stands for face, arms, speech, and time. First, tell the person to smile and observe if their face drops. Second, tell the person to raise both of their hands and observe if one side of the hand is weak. Third, ask the person to say a simple word and observe if there is a strange sound or slurred. Lastly, dial the emergency number right away as every minute counts for stroke patients.

Apart from F-A-S-T method, did you know that EEG Neurofeedback training is one of the promising tools for stroke rehabilitation?
Most of the stroke patients that took part in a study to evaluate the effectiveness of Neurofeedback training had shown a significance improvement on their memory, mood, concentration, energy, reading and speech ability, and motivation (Kober et al., 2015; Renton et al., 2017). Therefore, this shows that Neurofeedback training had successfully helped to improve the memory deficit among stroke survivors.

References:
Beckerman, J. (2020, March 9). Stroke Signs and Symptoms. WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/stroke/guide/understanding-stroke-symptoms
Boehme, A. K., Esenwa, C., & Elkind, M. S. V. (2017). Stroke Risk Factors, Genetics, and Prevention. Circulation Research, 120(3), 472–495. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308398

[Event] Sleep Management Workshop for Great Eastern on 25 August 2021

 

              A virtual sleep management workshop was organized for Great Eastern Malaysia employee.

 

 

Interested to attend our workshop in order to improve the productivity at work?

Feel free to contact us for more info.

 

MICP Senior Accredited Member - Psychotherapist

 

 

 

 

Our Clinical Director is a registered psychotherapist with the International Council of Psychotherapists (#361846). He is also the Senior Accredited Member of MICP (With more than 9 years clinical experience, training and supervisions)

 

 

 

 

The National Council of Psychotherapists is well positioned to enable and support practitioners in this developing and ever increasingly well evidenced field, in a manner underpinned with an ethos of robust public protection and self-reflection at all levels. 

We were  formed in 1971, which makes it one of the longest established societies of its type in the UK. We are a register of and national association of therapists, to whom individuals looking for Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Coaches and Hypnotherapists may confidently refer.

The NCP is dedicated to advancing the development of quality, service driven integrative and Multimodal Psychotherapy provision. This is illustrated by working models at solution focused, holistic and specialist levels of professional therapy service and is characterised by evidence based yet holistic working practices. 

Most schools of psychological thought are represented within our current membership and a wide variety of therapeutic approaches are offered. We do not legislate against any model of therapy, providing the practitioner comes under the classification of psychotherapist and  is suitably qualified to our standards.

 

 All of NCP registered practitioners are qualified at minimum UK Level 5 or are working towards completing that level, equivalent to a UK foundation Degree or HND (widely considered the appropriate level for professional practice). Many also hold undergraduate or post graduate qualifications. All practitioners adhere to strict and enforced codes of ethics and practice and are required to hold comprehensive insurance and adhere to clinical supervision and high quality Continuous Professional Development.

 

 

More info: https://www.thencp.org/home

 

Neurofeedback Training Malaysia for improving self awareness and confidence

 

Are you aware of the fact that you may lose your self-awareness under certain circumstances and situation?

According to the previous studies, a neurobiologist from Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot had found that a person starts to lose their self-awareness when they are too focused on accomplishing a complicated or hard task (Vince, 2006).

Self-awareness is one of the mental processes carried out by the brain, specifically in the prefrontal cortex (Lou et al., 2017). Based on the psychological perspective, when a human being has self-awareness, they can perform better throughout their life, have a good practice of self-control and self-confidence (Ackerman, 2021). In other words, self-awareness is a psychological state whereby oneself is able to focus on themselves.

There are people that struggles to recognize their own internal state unlike an ordinary person, which may be caused by various factor such as trauma and pressure. People with lack of self-awareness tend to doubt themselves and have a poor self-control (Jabr, 2012).

Furthermore, researcher had found that Neurofeedback Training (NFT) actually helps in improving self-awareness and self-regulation. For instance, a study conducted by Dupee et al. (2016) on Olympic athletes had recorded the successfulness of 20 sessions of NFT to improve their self-awareness and self-regulation by training to control the level of activation of autonomic nervous system (ANS) and central nervous system (CNS). Hence, a NFT can be one of the solutions to overcome the lack of self-awareness within a person.

 

 

References:
Ackerman, C. E. (2021, August 4). What is Self-Awareness and Why is it Important? PositivePsychology.Com. https://positivepsychology.com/self-awareness-matters-how-you-can-be-more-self-aware/
Dupee, M., Forneris, T., & Werthner, P. (2016). Perceived outcomes of a biofeedback and neurofeedback training intervention for optimal performance: Learning to enhance self-awareness and self-regulation with Olympic athletes. The Sport Psychologist, 30(4), 339–349. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2016-0028
Jabr, F. (2012, November 1). Self-Awareness with a Simple Brain. Scientific American. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamericanmind1112-28
Lou, H. C., Changeux, J. P., & Rosenstand, A. (2017). Towards a cognitive neuroscience of self-awareness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 83, 765–773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.004
Vince, G. (2006, April 19). Watching the brain “switch off” self-awareness. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9019-watching-the-brain-switch-off-self-awareness/ 

(Event) Facing Mental Health: Listen to your body

 

Facing Mental Health: Listen to your body :)

 

A mental health awareness talk organized by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) & LifeCare Diagnostic Medical Centre

 

Neuropsychiatrist Dr Chee Kok Yoon and me spoke about the mental health, mental illness, subclinical mental health, the impact of psychological trauma and tips to cope with the stress.

Hope to create more awareness and encourage more people to seek help for improving their mental health condition starts right from early stage preventive stage.