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‘‘Time’’ is as precious as ‘‘space.’’ Factoring patients’schedules to fit an integrative mental health approach is notas easy as one might think. The beauty of an inpatientintegrative rehab is that patients are able to receive all oftheir treatment services in one central location, rather thanthe alternative, which might comprise driving around townto go to an integrative therapy, then to see the psychiatrist,then across town to pick up prescriptions, and finally togroup therapy someplace else. Clearly, offering myriadprimary and integrative therapies on one campus isadvantageous. Nevertheless, systematizing 80–100 patientsa day to receive several different integratives alongsidemeetings, groups, and meals is a bit of delicate work.Complicating this issue is that not all integratives arecreated equally: Some require more sessions than others,and biofeedback tends to be one of those therapies. The spanof biofeedback’s efficacy can range anywhere from sixsessions for heart rate variability (HRV) training (Lehrer,Vaschillo, & Vaschillo, 2000) to 20 or more sessions forattention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) neurofeedback(Kirk, 2007). Furthermore, we do not always meet ourpatients during their first week of treatment, which couldpose a problem to implementing conventional protocols.So how do you offer a sustainable program that reachesall patients, integrates well with other integratives, andsignificantly contributes to patient overall recovery? You doso by integrating the integrative: by creating a programcapable of flexing protocols that are concentrated, syner
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