The Mid-Atlantic Biofeedback Society, among the earliest biofeedback societies in the United States, in the beginning was largely comprised of academics and medical faculty. It first met under the name of the Innominate Society in Baltimore in the late 1960s to share results of ongoing original research. Mainly composed of research physicians, clinical psychologists, and others interested in advancing knowledge in behavioral medicine, biofeedback, and self-regulation, the Society became more clinically oriented as years passed.
For a number of years, the Society was known as the Biofeedback Society of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, which evolved into the Mid-Atlantic Society for Biofeedback and Behavioral Medicine (MASBBM). MASBBM was incorporated in the State of Maryland in 2011 and obtained 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in 2012. In 2017, MASBBM obtained the trade name of Mid-Atlantic Biofeedback Society (MABS). Unable to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, the MABS Board of Directors reluctantly...