Source published October 7, 2026. Added to Neurofeedback.com October 10, 2026 after full-text review.
A retrospective study followed 53 adult refugees with persistent trauma-related symptoms who received individualized neurofeedback within multidisciplinary care. Participants had remained symptomatic despite earlier treatment and completed a mean of 38.7 neurofeedback sessions. Counseling, psychiatric care, medication where appropriate and psychosocial support were also part of treatment.
Thirty-three participants, or 62.3%, were rated as meaningfully improved on the retrospective Clinical Global Impression-Improvement scale. Resting EEG showed increased global alpha amplitude and reduced occipital alpha reactivity after adjustment for multiple comparisons. Peak alpha frequency and alpha coherence did not change significantly.
The clinical and EEG findings should be kept separate. EEG changes were not significantly associated with clinical improvement, and responder versus nonresponder patterns did not differ significantly. The study therefore does not identify an EEG marker that explains or predicts response.
Because treatment was retrospective, uncontrolled and combined several forms of care, it cannot show that neurofeedback caused the clinical or EEG changes. The result is best read as a constructive signal from a clinically complex and underrepresented population that deserves prospective controlled study.
The authors reported no direct financial support for the work. One author disclosed consultancy, public research funding, an industry-sponsored-trial role and nonprofit governance positions. The authors also disclosed using ChatGPT for language, formatting and organizational assistance while retaining responsibility for the science and final decisions.
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