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General ADD /ADHD

  • What is ADD / ADHD like?– Listen – (178 KB mp3 )
  • Does ADD exist? Is ADD real? – Listen – (423 KB mp3 )
  • What Is ADD/ADHD? – Listen – (697 KB mp3 )
  • What causes ADD/ADHD? – Listen – (438 KB mp3 )
  • What do children with ADD/ADHD feel like? – Listen – (550 KB mp3 )
  • Why are boys diagnosed more for ADD / ADHD then girls? – Listen – (287 KB mp3 )
  • Who is putting on the pressure to medicate children for ADD/ADHD? – Listen – (268 KB mp3)
  • Is Alcohol used to self medicate for ADD/ADHD? – Listen – (786 KB mp3 )
  • Is Ritalin safe? – Listen – (293 KB mp3)
  • Why are so many people medicated? Why are so many people using prescription medicine? – Listen – (135 KB mp3 )
  • What does Ritalin do & why is it prescribed more often than any other medical option? – Listen – (364 KB mp3 )
  • What are the effects of stimulant drugs? – Listen – (436 KB mp3 )
  • What are the long term effects of stimulant drugs? – Listen – (230 KB mp3 )

Neurofeedback

  • Why does The Drake Institute use neurofeedback? – Listen – (197 KB mp3)
  • What does The Drake Institute Treatment Sessions Do? – Listen – (65 KB mp3)
  • When and where was biofeedback / neurofeedback developed? – Listen(423 KB mp3)
  • What happens during an EEG biofeedback / Neurofeedback treatment session at The Drake Institute? – Listen – (551 KB mp3)
  • How soon will the results of EEG biofeedback / Neurofeedback be known to the patient? – Listen – (203 KB mp3)
  • What does the EEG Biofeedback / Neurofeedback machine do? – Listen – (648 KB mp3)
  • Is this self hypnosis? – Listen – (81 KB mp3)

Substance Abuse

  • Is alcohol used to self medicate? – Listen – (126 KB mp3)
  • Is alcoholism genetic? – Listen – (244 KB mp3)
  • What happens with substance abuse and how does that biofeedback treat it? – Listen – (1.4 – MB mp3)

Other Disorders & Stress

  • What are the types of disorders & diseases treated by The Drake Institute? – Listen – (135 KB mp3)
  • How does biofeedback treat tension or stress? – Listen – (303 KB mp3)

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They started biofeedback right away to produce more alpha brain waves. I went daily for 4 weeks I believe? It was relaxing. My brain learned what to do. It CURED me.

Sonya

I was hesitant to go to The Drake Institute but was at a loss on how to help my son. I can not thank Drake and Maria enough I don't think we would be where we are today without it.

KATY M

The treatment involves doing different protocols, you start to notice a difference after a couple weeks. The Drake Institute, and their treatment method is the way of the future! It absolutely was an answer to our prayers.

NINA P

They started biofeedback right away to produce more alpha brain waves. I went daily for 4 weeks I believe? It was relaxing. My brain learned what to do. It CURED me.

Sonya

I was hesitant to go to The Drake Institute but was at a loss on how to help my son. I can not thank Drake and Maria enough I don't think we would be where we are today without it.

KATY M
Dr Velkoff

“David F. Velkoff, M.D., our Medical Director and co-founder, supervises all evaluation procedures and treatment programs. He is recognized as a physician pioneer in using biofeedback, qEEG brain mapping, neurofeedback, and neuromodulation in the treatment of ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and stress related illnesses including anxiety, depression, insomnia, and high blood pressure.

Dr. David Velkoff earned his Master's degree in Psychology from the California State University at Los Angeles in 1975, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta in 1976. This was followed by Dr. Velkoff completing his internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology with an elective in Neurology at the University of California Medical Center in Irvine. He then shifted his specialty to Neurophysical Medicine and received his initial training in biofeedback/neurofeedback in Neurophysical Medicine from the leading doctors in the world in biofeedback at the renown Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. In 1980, he co-founded the Drake Institute of Neurophysical Medicine.

Seeking to better understand the link between illness and the mind, Dr. Velkoff served as the clinical director of an international research study on psychoneuroimmunology with the UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. This was a follow-up study to an earlier clinical collaborative effort with UCLA School of Medicine demonstrating how the Drake Institute's stress treatment resulted in improved immune functioning of natural killer cell activity.

Dr. Velkoff served as one of the founding associate editors of the scientific publication, Journal of Neurotherapy. He has been an invited guest lecturer at Los Angeles Children's Hospital, UCLA, Cedars Sinai Medical Center-Thalians Mental Health Center, St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, and CHADD. He has been a medical consultant in Neurophysical Medicine to CNN, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Univision, and PBS.”

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