Homecoming for Veterans (previously EEG4VETERANS) is a national outreach program to provide free Neurofeedback training for veterans for the rehabilitation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and issues of brain performance resulting from traumatic brain injury, blast injury, concussion, whiplash, and chemical exposure.

The EEG Institute, a world leader in Neurofeedback research and training, and the Brian Othmer Foundation are offering this cutting-edge treatment, at no cost, for veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) through a network of clinicians across the country.

"The nation’s hard-pressed health care system for veterans is facing a potential deluge of tens of thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq with serious mental health problems brought on by the stress and carnage of war..." This sober appraisal appears in an article by Scott Shane of the New York Times (A Flood of Troubled Soldiers Is in the Offing, Experts Predict). About one soldier in six is reporting anxiety, depression, or symptoms of PTSD. With a total number of soldiers having served in Iraq or Afghanistan now numbering about one million, perhaps as many as 100,000 soldiers will require long-term mental health care, assuming standard treatments. Close to 1000 soldiers have already had to be evacuated from the war theater because of mental status. On the other hand, PTSD may not surface until months after the return from combat duty.

Neurofeedback (EEG Feedback) is training in brain function based on information derived from the EEG (electroencephalogram). With such training, rapid recovery can be achieved for the relief of PTSD symptoms that include sleep problems, pain, irritability, anger and rage, as well as cognitive deficits. The training can also help soldiers recover from drug, alcohol, and tobacco dependency.

The training is based on reinforcement of better regulated brain behavior as judged by the EEG.
The repetition of this exercise for a number of
thirty-minute sessions leads typically to improved cognitive function and improved emotional control.

The work is success-oriented rather than deficit-focused. It is a fitness strategy that avoids the jargon of mental health, and suits the soldier’s natural orientation toward a training and fitness program.

Veterans who have been through the program have shown tremendous positive benefits. A veteran who had not slept more than 2 hours at a time was sleeping through the night after just 7 sessions, without medication. This same veteran had avoided the movie theater because that was the location of his first flashback. After 12 sessions, he saw a movie for the first time in 8 years. Another veteran was able to save his marriage and family by calming down his anger and his need to control everything. Behaviors that had been appropriate in wartime were destroying his home life. Veterans are getting their lives back with Neurofeedback. Even a veteran from WWII found his sleep restored after not having slept well since 1945.

Substantial functional recoveries and even functional enhancements are routine. We urge veterans to avail themselves of this free service. There is no need to live with nightmares, flashbacks, loss of emotional control, lack of energy, and inability to plan for the future. Even chronic pain can be substantially helped. And if you are suffering physical injuries, your brain should not also be your problem. When it comes to symptoms you have not had before, stop thinking it's you. Start thinking it may just be a matter of your brain, and that remedies are available and highly accessible. (P.S. The VA offers only very limited access to neurofeedback at this time.)

For additional information, including the latest Neurofeedback news and training courses, please visit EEG Info at www.eeginfo.com

The EEG Institute (www.eeginstitute.com) offers a variety of brain wave training programs for adults and children. Our staff is also involved in teaching professionals throughout the world who want to incorporate Neurofeedback into their practices. The Brian Othmer Foundation seeks to make Neurofeedback training available to under-served populations.

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Siegfried Othmer
Board Chair
siegfried@homecoming4veterans.org
Homecoming for Veterans

Pam Tarr
Project Director
pam@homecoming4veterans.org
Homecoming for Veterans

Carree Michel
Administrative Director

Homecoming for Veterans
22020 Clarendon Street, Suite 305
Woodland Hills, CA 91367-6333
(877) 334-4334

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