As of: May 26, 2009 Received: May 26, 2009 Status: Pending_Post PUBLIC SUBMISSION Tracking No. 809b5ea7 Comments Due: May 28, 2009 Submission Type: Web Docket: EBSA-2009-0010 Request for Information Regarding the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 Comment On: EBSA-2009-0010-0001 Request for Information Regarding the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 Document: EBSA-2009-0010-DRAFT-0099 Comment on FR Doc # E9-9629 Submitter Information Name: Ronald Rosenthal Address: 10691 N. Kendall Drive Suite 314 Miami, FL, 33176 Email:
[email protected] Phone: 305-598-0013 Organization: Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) General Comment Comments regarding Regulatory Guidance USCG-2007-27022 page 19157, II B I am writing on behalf of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. We are the national professional organization for biofeedback providers, educators and researchers. We welcome the opportunity to provide comments regarding the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). Biofeedback is often misunderstood by many health care professionals, so it is easy to understand how other groups may be ignorant about the benefits of biofeedback. I am taking the liberty of presenting the first two paragraphs of a monograph published by AAPB called, “Evidence Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback.” It provides an excellent, brief description of biofeedback techniques. Biofeedback is a technique that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance (Gilbert & Moss, 2003; Schwartz &Andrasik, 2003; Shaffer & Moss, 2006).