Acupuncture as a viable adjunct to psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder

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Acupuncture as a viable adjunct to psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder

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Int J of Clin Acupunct (2015), Wilson, Allyson

Abstract

Objective: to observe the effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunct therapy to solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) in reducing anxiety levels. Method: ten patients diagnosed of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) by a licensed therapist were treated with acupuncture for six weeks. Each participant completed a generalized-anxiety-disorder-7 (GAD-7) survey before the treatment, once a week thereafter, and six weeks after the completion of the treatment. Results: all ten participants experienced a reduction in their experience of anxiety based on the GAD-7 assessment. Six weeks after acupuncture treatment, all of the ten participants still maintained their low GAD-7 scores. There were no adverse events associated with acupuncture treatment. Conclusion: acupuncture is a viable adjunct therapy to SFBT in the treatment of GAD.

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Intl J of Clin Acupunct

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English

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doi

10.3103/S104719791504002X

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1047-1979

issue

4

page end

235

page start

231

volume

24

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