Biofeedback and Self-regulation

, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 311–324 | Cite as

Twenty-five years of progress: Twenty-five more?

  • Frank Andrasik
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Abstract

This address outlines important steps for ensuring the future of biofeedback and applied psychophysiology. These steps are contained in the acronym PHUTRE, wherein PH stands for Political activism of the Hard and fast variety, U represents United front, T encompasses Transfer of knowledge (from clinician to researcher, researcher to clinician, and from both to students in training), R refers to our Research base, and E represents the Excitement that our field has the potential to generate.

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AAPB, membership AAPB, future applied psychophysiology biofeedback cognitive behavior therapy hypertension headache, minimal contact treatment health care political activism transfer of knowledge 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1994

Authors and Affiliations

  • Frank Andrasik
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  1. 1.Center for Behavioral MedicineThe University of West FloridaUSA

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