Biofeedback Treatment Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder And Its Relationships With Personality

The research reports on anxiety disorder and biofeedback at home and abroad are increasing, but relatively few studies on generalized anxiety. The research of the relationship between anxiety disorders and personality have reported diverse results; in biofeedback therapy, it assists in the treatment of anxiety disorders having significant effect, but the research reports on the interaction of Electromyography (EMG) and Electroencephalogram (EEG) are little; simultaneously, the research of adjuvant treatment effects on personality factors to anxiety biofeedback at home and abroad have not been reported beforeObjective:(1) Explore the relationship between generalized anxiety and personality characteristics; (2) Explore the effectiveness of the Auxiliary Therapeutic Effect of EEG and EMG Biofeedback of the treatment of generalized anxiety; (3) Explore the relationship between biofeedback adjuvant treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and personality characteristics.Objects:The study cases selected 63 patients with generalized anxiety from a medical clinic aged 16-60. Inclusion criteria:meet the CCMD-3 diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety; 16 years old or more; Can finish the experiment. Exclusion criteria:with severe or unstable heart, liver, kidney, endocrine, blood and other medical diseases; alcohol or drug abusers for one year; lactating and pregnant women; hyperthyroidism, hypertension, coronary heart disease caused secondary somatic anxiety; overdose of stimulant drugs, and withdrawal symptoms of hypnotic and sedative drugs or anti-anxiety drug, and compulsive disorder, phobia, hypochondriasis, neurasthenia, mania, depression, or schizophrenia associated with anxiety.Methods:Choose the subjects according to the preliminary evaluation of SAS and the tests based on inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, Then, give EPQ test. all objects in the tests accept two weeks of medications and counseling, then, At the same time, it uses the biofeedback for 10 times adjuvant therapy. Give a muscle relaxation training once a day at the first three days. and then using the anxiety training program to train the patients'EMG and a brain wave. In the training program, The first 2 times are once a day, and the middle 2 times for every other day, and the last 3 times according to patients' situation has gradually lengthen. But the training cycle was not exceeding 20 days, and about 30 minutes each time. In the training, Give timely guidance for patients, and give positive feedback to reinforce their positive behavior. With the completion of each exercise, pointing out the results that achieved, and asking the patients to moving body several times, in which patients feel relaxed and happy. After giving patients some homework, and then leaving the treatment room. SAS tests after 10 times biofeedback treatment.Results:(1) In the experiment there was 47.6%(30 people) were cured,20 people (31.7%) suffering from mild anxiety, and 11 people (17.5%) with moderate anxiety,2 people (3.2%) with severe anxiety. At the same time, The scores of SAS after treatment was Significantly lower than than before (P<.01). (2) Patients' SAS scores before and after has no difference among gender, age, level of culture. (3) SAS score of patients was positively related to two dimensions:Psychoticism (P) and Neuroticism (N) (P=.045, r=.253; P=.031, r=.272), while the other two personalities have no significant correlation. (4) The test results of SAS and the difference in the before and after has no significant correlation among the four dimensions of personality.Conclusion:(1) There is a significant effect in biofeedback in combination with drugs and counseling to improve the level of anxiety in patients with generalized anxiety. (2) Anxiety and Psychoticism (P), Neuroticism (N) was significantcorrelation, showing features that psychoticism (P) level is higher, the higher the level of anxiety; the Neuroticism level is higher, the higher the level of anxiety. But there was no correlation in the introverts and extroverts (E) and the lie (L).