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ADD / ADHD Treatment
Stress Treatment
Auditory & Language Disorders
   
Drug-Free Treatment
Employing non-drug medical treatment protocols, our record of clinical successes has far exceeded the performance of the existing therapies. The Drake Institute was founded in 1980 and has helped over 10000 patients.
Full Care
The Drake Institute’s FullCare Program is the key to our unprecedented success.  More››
NeuroFeedback
Neurofeedback is safe and can lead to long term improvement, unlike the drugs, because neurofeedback uses a learning process that strengthens and develops the synaptic connections in the brain.  More››
BrainMapping
QEEG (Quantitative Electro- encephalogram) or Brainmapping is an essential diagnostic procedure used in evaluating ADD/ADHD, Autism, Learning Disorders, Anxiety, and Depression.  More››

My Stories

 
Ask Dr. V
The Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine and Medical Associates' Medical Director is David Velkoff, M.D. M.A.
Under Dr. Velkoff's medical directorship, the pioneering efforts in medicine of the Drake Institute have been featured in Physician's Weekly, WebMD, Life Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, CNN, Headline News, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, Discovery Channel, Univision, Michael Reagan Show, and other national media programs. More ››
The Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine and medical associates is an innovative medical practice treating neurophysical disorders, such as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Autism, Asperger's Disorder, closed head injuries, and stress related disorders and diseases.
 

What's New at the Drake Institute

Drake Featured on Telemundo - Feb. 25th, 2008
Dr. David Velkoff, MD. and some of his past patients from the Drake Institute in California were featured as a special report on the Spanish language Telemundo News television program. More>>

The Drake Institute provides a Medical Installment Payment Plan - payments as low as $275 per month. More>>

BBC News November 12, 2007 - Treating children who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with drugs is not effective in the long-term, research has shownMore ››

Clinic Reports Dramatic Results in Treating Children With Autism - LOS ANGELES, CA. – She was a mother without hope. Diagnosed with autism, her six year old son, EJ, bit other children, threw tantrums and chairs. “He had no future,” says Beatrice Tan, whose family stopped going to church--too risky to put EJ in the nursery. Now, after several months of specialized neurofeedback therapy at Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine in Los Angeles, EJ no longer bites: he hugs. He has friends, and “we have hope,” says Beatrice. More ››