Encouraging Community Wellness for Behavioral Health (Addiction,NCDs and Mental Health)

  This milestone celebrates not just the protocol but the spirit of resilience and hope it embodies. A must-watch for those inspired by stories of change, equity, and healing! Celebrating 50 Years of the NADA Protocol A remarkable journey of healing and empowerment! A new film captures the incredible legacy and worldwide acceptance of the NADA Protocol, pioneered by the visionary Dr. Michael O. Smith in the U.S. The documentary highlights the profound impact of this ear acupuncture technique on communities globally, including its inspiring adoption in India. I feel privileged to have shared moments with Dr. Michael O. Smith during his numerous visits to India and with Dr. Khensu Carter, who accompanied him. My last meeting with Dr. Carter, a practicing psychiatrist and professor at UCLA Psychiatry, was in New York in 2018. The film also delves into Dr. Carter's reflections on the emergence of movements like the Black Panthers and the Young Lords and their intersection with the NADA...

Prof. T.K.Thomas  The annual World No Tobacco Day was observed on 31st May. The day is observed by the World Health Organization [WHO] and global partners as an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form. This year’s focus for the day was, “Tobacco and lung health” . Everyone knows how tobacco affects our lungs. The WHO release says, the campaign will increase awareness on, “the negative impact that tobacco has on people’s lung health, from cancer, to chronic respiratory diseases”. There are frightening figures about the mortality attached to tobacco related diseases. A study by three Indian researchers in 2012 revealed that “tobacco is a leading preventable cause of death, killing nearly six million people worldwide each year. Reversing this entirely preventable man made epidemic should be our top priority. The global tobacco epidemic kills more people than tu...

Dr.Michael O. Smith presenting in Germany in 2003.... As a doctor, part of my responsibility is not just to treat people but to set up a treatment system for a lot of people.  So you set up a treatment system that is very teachable and very reproducible.  We use ear acupuncture in ways that are convenient and then ways that are necessary in terms of treatment.  For instance, I run an AIDS clinic every week – I have an assistant to treat ear points before I do body points, because I want to settle people down and reduce fear and improve their focus.  Then the rest of the treatment will go better. We used to think that we were using ear points just for convenience, and, if we only knew the right body points, it would work a lot better.  It took me several years to understand that this is not the case.  If I had to use body points for addiction, I would do less well than if I had used ear points.  I started out thinking just the opposite – I e...

'NADA acupuncture is a public health model that adds a valuable component to the behavioral health fields', says Dr. Michael.O. Smith, Some were dozing off;some with  drooping.heads;some in a sort of trance;some snoring off. They all had one thing in common- sterilized  acupuncture  needles carefully pierced in one of  their ears. It was a cloudy and chilly  February afternoon in Delhi. Even some of the large contingent of journalists who routinely take the flights of steps at the reception of the I N S building in Rafi Marg were inquisitive. A couple of them were led to the few vacant seats so were some of the non journalists INS staff. Acupuncture Detoxification specialist and associates and assistant  inserted needles in their ears with care and precisely without hurting them. Presiding over this demonstration was Dr. Michael.O.Smith,Chairperson NADA International...

  Acudetox India training in the year 2001 at Mukti Peer led De-addiction center Mundka North West Delhi, now in Rohini .Dr.Smith visited center many times. This center was established by Rajesh Vig who just completed his 20th year of recovery from drugs. Nada India congratulates him for leading a healthy and successful life. He has been an active member and peer leader of ARPAN( Association of Recovering Person Action Network) a project Nada India    ...Mukti started its operations more than 12 years ago. This was a dream project of Director Mr. Rajesh Vig when he was 1 year clean. He dreamt of building a place where he could treat addicts and finally help them to stand on their own feet. He dreamt of a place where even the staff members were recovering addicts. With such a dream in his eyes,when he was 8 year clean, with the help of some recovering members, he started this project in Mundka Village on 20th June 2000. Till now we have succe...

Nada India Foundation & Indian Association of Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (IAADS)  are pleased to announce the   Training workshop on use of ear acupuncture as per NADA Protocol for addiction treatment and general well being   to be held in   Delhi in collaboration with The Beginning of New life Jaona Pur Delhi . The workshop will be conducted on  30th April & 1st May 2013 at Nada India Foundation office Address : 25, JyotiBuilding, II Floor, NearGovt.Dispensary, Chhattarpur Village, New Delhi 110074, India The workshop will be conducted by Suneel Vatsyayan,Chairman Nada India & Dr.Ajay Vats Acupuncturist , chairman of IAADS   The workshop aims to facilitate a shared understanding of importance of barrier free se...