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Mr.Vatsyayan with Mr. Edie L. Castilo , the new elected President of AFTC. The 7th AFTC Conference was held in Siam City Hotel, Bangkok from 10th November till 12th November 2008 organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (CPDAP), National Council on Social Welfare of Thailand (NCSWT), Asian Federation of Therapeutic Community (AFTC), Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and funded by Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL). 132 delegates from 15 countries around Asia participated in the conference with its theme ‘ Sharing What Works’ Mr.Suneel Vatsyayan shared his experience as part of discussions on setting up of drop in center and how use of ear acupuncture can provide the drug users an opportunity to feel strength within them before they commit themselves to enter in to treatment & rehabilitation program.Mr.Vatsyayan shared Nada project activities of ARPAN ( Association of Recovering Peer Action Network) , an action network for trauma-rela...

Euro Psych Nurses for U.S. Video The NADA conference in Dallas (April 2008) got an excellent report from Kajsa Landgren on the vastly expanded use of NADA in European psychiatric hospitals. This year at the Ann Arbor conference in June 2009 we want to expand on this lesson. We can bring 1-2 nurses from each country that has a large NADA mental health program to our Ann Arbor conference. These countries include Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland—let me know if there……. http://acudetox.com/news/ NADA Earns trust from state of Louisiana The tragedy of hurricane Katrina (2005) flooding the city of New Orleans has led to a remarkable advancement in NADA’s role in that location. Due to success of treating New York City firemen after 9/11, NADA acupuncturists, led by Wendy Henry, were sent to New Orleans in 2005 to treat homeless and highly stressed police and fire personnel. These treatments were very popular and led to the suggestion that all first responders have NADA training. NADA acu...

Mr.Suneel Vatsyayan, Chairman Nada India Foundation conducted an interactive session on “Networking , Partnership Building and Convergence for Drug Addiction Prevention and Control” on September 12, 2008 The LNJN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY & FORENSIC SCIENCE Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India organized a National Sensitization Workshop on Drug Abuse Prevention .. Dr. B. N. CHATTORAJ, Professor of Criminology, Chaired the session. The Workshop was attended by senior level officers from the Criminal Justice System from all over the country including Inspector General of Police, Dy. Inspector General of Police, Dy. Commissioner of Police, Addl. Director General of Police, District and Sessions Judges, Addl. District Sessions Judges, Sr. Level Officers from Prisons and Prosecution. Some prominent NGOs working in the field of Drug Abuse Prevention also participated.

MCD Recreation center for senior citizens has been locked for almost six years, the day it was constructed in Mendawali village, east Delhi; it was discovered by trainees of Pehachaan computer community training program organized by Nada India Foundation in collaboration with National Institute of Social Defence Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment The location of this center was found on internet while surfing on Google search engine by trainees of computer course. Mr.Phool Singh 64, rededicate himself to revive the recreation center for senior citizen, he says computer community education program helped him to build his lost identity as local leader. Once, he was focal point of local politics but left everything gradually and put on the margin of the changed village. During the initial discussions and survey, senior citizens denied the need of such training at this age and laughed away the proposal of joining the course. They talked about what the people would think specially...

...........Last year, a Chattarpur-based NGO, Nada India Foundation, visited the locality to impart computer training to senior citizens. “I enlisted for the classes, where people exhorted me to form a society,” says Singh. Luckily, for Singh, the Mandawali community centre set up by the MCD in 2000 was lying vacant—as per Government regulations, any registered charitable society could apply for it. “Nobody ever paid any attention to it. It served as a meeting joint for gamblers,” says Singh. Along with a few others, Singh promptly formed and registered the Senior Citizens Association, of which he is the president. They began with 18 members. In February this year, the 200-sq-ft centre, located in the middle of the Mandawali Subzi Mandi, was opened. Singh, who went from door to door after his daily morning walk to enlist people, is now proud of the 114-member association. For the past six months, opening the doors of the centre at 9 a.m. and closing them at 5.30 p.m. has been a daily r...

On 2nd September, 2008, Nada India team of professionals conducted a training session on “Positive thinking for Good living” for the workers of National Thermal Power Corporation at Badarpur Unit New Delhi The workshop was participatory in nature. The workshop's emphasis was on healthy living and how positive thinking effects relationship & productivity. The workshop was organized by Bhartiya Yog Sansthan .

Leadership of Nada India and NADA, ADS Dr. Ajay Vats conducted a training session on Ear Acupuncture: A treatment readiness approach in addiction treatment & rehabilitation. The session was participatory and based on experiential learning. The one month training course was organized by Society for Promotion of Youth & Masses, RRTC-North, in partnership with National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India on "Drug Abuse Prevention" from 10th August to 9th September 2008 at SPYM Centre, New Delhi. This training course is to enhance the capacity of service providers (Counsellors/Social Workers, doctors and nurses of NGOs working in the area of drug demand reduction from Utter Pradesh, Jammu, Medhya Predesh and Rajasthan.

The NADA Protocol http://www.acudetox.com/ In the mid-1970s, Michael Smith, a medical doctor at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx area of New York, modified an existing system of auricular acupuncture into a simple technique for the treatment of many common drug addictions as an alternative to methadone. This selection of ear points proved to be extremely effective in the treatment of addictions, and became what is now referred to as the “NADA protocol.” ......While the NADA protocol is an important component of any detoxification program, it is by no means the only component. A patient’s behavior and attitude, along with the perceptions of the clinician delivering care, are also integral to successful treatment. The NADA protocol is often used with other treatment modalities, such as counseling, support groups and self-help programs, to increase the overall effectiveness of care.... http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/abc/nadaprotocol.php

The Support Group Route to Rehab http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/The-Support-Group-Route-to-Rehab/349636/ RICHA BHATIA Posted online: Sunday , August 17, 2008 at 11:06:38Updated: Sunday , August 17, 2008 at 11:06:38 Suneel Vatsyayan has introduced peer-based community therapy in de-addiction centres On an ordinary day, Mukesh Narang, a 36-year-old drug addict, would not have woken up at 5.30 a.m. to do household chores. But at Nai Kiran, a de-addiction centre in Narela, he is one of 58 inmates—drug addicts and alcoholics—who follow a strict regimen. “When an addict comes to us, he is very aggressive. It is difficult to make him see reason. A month of doing community work with other addicts usually brings about massive behavioural change in the inmate,” says Bharat Bhushan, founder of the centre. A former drug addict himself, 44-year-old Bhushan picked up the peerbased model for a centre from Suneel Vatsyayan, director of the Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation, where he spent a ye...

The slogan for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 26 June,2008, is "Do drugs control your life ? Your life. Your community. No place for drugs." A month long Pehachaan campaign concluded on 26th July with a workshop on drugs & gender for adolescents and ear acupuncture based health camp at Chhatterpur village .Studies have proved that people who start smoking cigarettes and/or drink alcohol at a young age are much more likely to experiment with illegal drugs than people who do not smoke or drink. This is the reason why Nada India has been reaching out to the young people by organizing a series of artistic events like painting and theater by Nada Deep group with slogan "Do drugs control your creativity and family?" at Jawahar Bhawan Mandi Village . Mr.Suneel Vatsyayan Chairman Nada India Foundation gave away the prizes and Chavanprash were distributed among the adolescents. Last three programs of the Nada Deep group on drugs and f...

38-year-old Hardeep Lal a member of Nada India network… …“A plain hobby turned into a profession. For the street plays, I made the costumes myself from bed sheets and odd items, recalls Lal as he conducts a workshop for adolescent girls at Nada India Foundation in Chhattarpur.” … Indian Express July 27,2008 ... A street called satire RICHA BHATIA Posted online: Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 2351 hrs IST Hardeep Lal and his Deep Group use satire in street plays to get their message across Hardeep Lal’s teenage years in Jalandhar were spent spreading awareness on social issues such as alcoholism and family planning through the Ram Lilas staged every Dusshera. Says 38-year-old Lal, who moved base to Delhi in 1987, “ Alcoholism is a major issue in Punjab and I could see that in my immediate surroundings. My father also suffered from this and it affected our family. I joined a local social organisation Sewak Dal and performed Punjabi plays for them on alcoholism”. The hobby turned into a profe...

Recovery from drug addiction NITIKA MIDHA Action network for trauma-related to drugs, HIV/AIDS, violence and crime Drug abuse has been prevalent in our society for long. Excessive usage of drugs leads to addiction and increased dependency on them, apart from causing physical ailments. The extent and usage of drugs spans from rural population to the urban, from defence to prison population and from adolescents to the aged. Drug consumers range demographically, socially, economically and in gender as well. In spite of various awareness programmes by Govt. and NGOs indicating the repercussions on an individual and society, drug abuse continues to plague our society as a disease and the path to recovery for the addicted is full of hurdles. Relapse is a step which no one can evade during the recovery process. For any recovering person, motivation and guidance are the two major pre-requisites. And who other than peer group can fulfil this requirement more effectively and efficiently. Peer ba...

PATIENTS RESPOND WELL AT NADA/INDIA TREATMENT SITE in Sri Ganger Nager Rajesthan . A positive outcome report was recently issued on 100 addiction patients who received NADA acupuncture as part of their treatment at the Tek Chand Sidana Memorial Hospital and De-addiction Centre in Sri Ganganagar, a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, a thriving rural area near the Pakistan border. The patient group represented three religious affiliations – 37 Hindu, 15 Muslim and 48 Sikh. In socioeconomic status, 12 patients were “high”, 71 were “middle” and 17 were “low”. Acupuncture was made available every day for the patient’s first five days, then twice a week until discharge. Everyone in the group experienced at least three needling sessions and half of them attended seven or more sessions. Sixty-five of the patients self-reported that the needling reduced their craving and withdrawal symptoms, while staff members and family members of the patients reported the positive acu effort in a somewh...

Women have always been a victim of suppression, exploitation and injustice. In today’s so called fast pacing world, women are being left behind due to increased exploitation against them. From the traditional times, women have been considered as inferior beings, who are dependant on men throughout their life. It is due to this dependency that her vulnerability to exploitation and suppression increases. Apart from this, lack of resources, less physical power, debts overburdening the family, being subjected to discrimination and being throw out of the house, women exposed her to prostitution and rape. This in turn acts as a vector for the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Thus, community-based, women-led responses are critical if the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic related to substance use is to be reversed in India for which it is most crucial to address and reduce women’s multiple vulnerabilities rooted in gender inequality, poverty and violence. With these thoughts in mind, Nada India Foundat...

The Report on Alcohol use & Prevention: Border Security Force Punjab Frontier was presented to Mr.A.K.Mitra IPS Director General Border Security Force under Ministry of Home affairs on 10th July2008 by Mr.Suneel Vatsyayan Chairman Nada India along with Ms.V.Pallavi Program officer Nada. Mr.A.P. Singh Addl. DG Mr.K.Sriniwasan DIG(G) of BSF were also present Over the years a lot of stress has been noticed in the defence forces. Stress related to work place and locations, stress related to hierarchy, stress related to family matters and political issues in and across the border. The work in the armed forces, especially at borders undoubtedly takes its toll on the personnel. The nature of the job is very demanding with adverse climatic conditions, unperceived hours of work, tight scrutiny, a limited scope for family accommodation status, strict discipline and severe penalties for lapses. Because of these reasons stress takes a toll which may even lead to undertaking of extreme activi...