RE: [pa-l] Acupuncture in drug addiction / psychiatry

[Guest guest]

Welcomje Dr. Anne Berman, I practiced in a medium security prison for four

years and saw behavior reflecting your outcomes. The program was stopped for

political reasons. Re: aruicular acupuncture see Acupuncture Today and the

event " Group Qi Day " authored by Rachel Toomin, AP.

 

http://www.aomday.org/pages/1/index.htm

 

Andy Lininger

 

 

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>[pa-l] Acupuncture in drug addiction / psychiatry

>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:07:37 +0100

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>Hi All,

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>Dr Anne Berman has just joined PA-L. Welcome aboard Anne!

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>She has coauthored the following paper:

>Berman AH, Lundberg U, Krook AL, Gyllenhammar C. Treating

>drug using prison inmates with auricular acupuncture: a

>randomized controlled trial. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2004

>Mar;26(2):95-102. Department of Psychology, Stockholm

>University, Frescati Hagvag 14, plan 3, S-106 91 Stockholm,

>Sweden. anne.h.berman This study tested the

>viability of auricular acupuncture in prisons for alleviating inmates'

>symptoms of psychological and physical discomfort and reducing

>their drug use. The experimental NADA-Acudetox protocol was

>compared with a non-specific helix control protocol in a randomized

>trial. Over a period of 18 months, a 4-week, 14-session auricular

>acupuncture treatment program was offered in two prisons to 163

>men and women with self-reported drug use. Among treatment

>completers, no differences by method were found in self-reported

>symptoms of discomfort. Drug use occurred in the NADA group but

>not in the helix group. In contrast, confidence in the NADA

>treatment increased over time while it decreased for the helix

>treatment. No significant negative side effects were observed for

>either method. Participants in both groups reported reduced

>symptoms of discomfort and improved nighttime sleep. Future

>research should compare auricular acupuncture to a non-invasive

>control in order to attempt to disentangle active effects from

>placebo. Publication Types: Clinical Trial Randomized

>Controlled Trial PMID: 15050086 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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>Berman AH, Lundberg U. Auricular acupuncture in prison

>psychiatric units: a pilot study. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl.

>2002;(412):152-7. Department of Psychology, Stockholm

>University, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. OBJECTIVE:

>The study explores whether auricular acupuncture can be a viable

>treatment form for inmates in prison psychiatric units.METHOD:

>Inmates in a prison psychiatric unit and in a support unit for violent

>behavior were offered group treatment with auricular acupuncture

>three times a week over a period of 9 months. Another prison

>psychiatric unit served as a control group.RESULTS: : Twenty-two

>inmates received treatment, and 11 inmates received treatment for

>over 8 weeks. Cortisol levels were higher for inmates in the support

>unit than for the other two groups. Inmates treated at least 25

>times were prescribed fewer psycholeptic drugs than controls.

>Perceived autonomy increased for treated inmates in the

>psychiatric unit. Inmates treated for over 8 weeks experienced

>improved inner harmony and calm and better clarity over future

>plans.CONCLUSION: : Acupuncture is a non-verbal form of

>treatment appropriate for prison psychiatric units. The treatment

>facilitates contact and complements other psycho-social treatment

>forms. PMID: 12072149 [PubMed - in process]

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>I would like to invite Anne [and the List] to discuss her research

>and any other experiences that she/her team have had with

>acupuncture - both successes and failures.

>

>Anne, with your permission, I will cross-post this discussion to the

>TCM List also.

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>Best regards,

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