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Biofeedback in the treatment of psychophysiologic disorders

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Contributing Committee Members for this report are as follows: Thomas Elliott, William Greene (Nonmember Contributor), William Sturlaugson, and D. Stuart MacRobbie.

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Fotopoulos, S.S., Sunderland, W.P. Biofeedback in the treatment of psychophysiologic disorders. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 3, 331–361 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00998941

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