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 somewhat higher number of patients (72 and 70 respectively). Evaluations of the three main classes of patients by a psychiatrist, with reference to the ICD-10, found that the acupuncture was “very much effective” in 20 of the 25 primary alcoholics, in 14 of the 38 opioid addicts, and in 13 of the 37 multiple addicts. According to the report, the de-addiction center uses a holistic approach with a team of providers including psychiatrists, psychologists, medical practitioners, social workers and counselors. Group therapy, family counseling and vocational rehabilitation play a role alongside the acupuncture, which, in the opinion of the center, provides a “non chemical alternative that can offset the motivation to use drugs again.”
The report was authored by Nada India member Dr.Roop Sidana MD Psychiatrist and Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (NADA) and his colleagues.
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 somewhat higher number of patients (72 and 70 respectively). Evaluations of the three main classes of patients by a psychiatrist, with reference to the ICD-10, found that the acupuncture was “very much effective” in 20 of the 25 primary alcoholics, in 14 of the 38 opioid addicts, and in 13 of the 37 multiple addicts. According to the report, the de-addiction center uses a holistic approach with a team of providers including psychiatrists, psychologists, medical practitioners, social workers and counselors. Group therapy, family counseling and vocational rehabilitation play a role alongside the acupuncture, which, in the opinion of the center, provides a “non chemical alternative that can offset the motivation to use drugs again.”
The report was authored by Nada India member Dr.Roop Sidana MD Psychiatrist and Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (NADA) and his colleagues.
Source: Guidepoints News from NADA September 2007
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