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

Tobacco Cessation: From Inner Calm to AI-Driven Solutions —  A Path Shaped by NADA protocol In an era increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence and digital innovations, tobacco cessation strategies must evolve to address both emotional and technological dimensions. While AI-powered conversational solutions offer promising avenues to assist individuals in quitting tobacco and preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the most profound change often begins internally.  As Dr. Michael O. Smith, founder of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA), aptly stated, “NADA acupuncture teaches us to relax from the inside out.”  This internal transformation is crucial. Individuals, particularly adolescents, youth, women, and marginalized communities, often grapple with stress, trauma, or stigma, making discussions about tobacco use, mental health, or domestic violence challenging. To surmount these barriers, a fusion of compassionate, community-based met...

A 15 year old girl from Bapu Sambhu camp, Delhi sharing her experience with one of the peer educators. I have used beads 10-12 times and every time I feel as my tension in my mind is reduced, mind becomes light and calm. I feel that all my work will be completed.  No tension whenever I use beads. It becomes easy to study and remember chapters. All my work becomes easy and mind remains cool. I even take interest in my household chores and perform better and with ease. It helps me to sleep better. No tension and worries about the future, that what will happen to me in future. Absolutely, no tension!

Growing interest in alternative therapies reaping success The American  Lung Association has reported that cigarette smoking is responsible for one in five deaths in the U.S. And while some estimates indicate that 70 percent of smokers want to kick the habit and 34 percent try to stop each year, just 2.5 percent succeed in quitting smoking. Although new products have emerged over the years to help smokers quit— think nicotine patches, gum and some antidepressants — limited success rates have led to a growing interest in using alternative therapies such as acupuncture to help with smoking cessation. Studies performed in recent years have offered mixed results as to the effectiveness of acupuncture in smoking cessation. For instance, Canadian researchers, whose findings appeared in the American Journal of Medicine in 2012, looked at 14 international studies that used drug-free methods to help quit smoking. While the findings questioned the effectiveness of alternative therap...

Nada India's Tamilnadu convener  Dr. T.Arun Kumar  organised a  training workshop on use of ear acupuncture as per NADA Protocol for addiction treatment and general well being for the staff  of TDH core, Tiruvannamalai   on  14 June 2014, The programme was attended by 22 project coordinators of TDH core. Terre des homes Core (Children's Organization for Relief and Education) Trust is a registered Indian Non Governmental /Child Welfare Organization (NGO), working for children in distress, for rehabilitation of children with disabilities and for children in need of care and protection Most of the trainees were MSWs. A brief introduction about how NADA protocol evolved and its practice in may countries was given. Then the participants made a self portrait before receiving NADA ear acupuncture. Then NADA protocol was administered and retained for 45 minutes. Post treatment the participants again made a self portrait. The ...

2nd Free International Nada Program (AcuDetox) ◄ On 9th to 13th May2014, Nearly 10,000 patients and non patients undergone this Nada treatment at International Nadipathy Holistic Health Camp -Bengaluru .

Dr. DEBASIS BAKSHI, a well-known socio medical activist and expert, is the H.O.D. Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Director and Hony. Secretary, Indian Research Institute for Integrated Medicine (IRIIM), Howrah, West Bengal. As he joined Calcutta Medical College and Hospital for his MBBS degree, he also decided to get trained in acupuncture in early ‘70s from Dr. Bejoy Kr. Basu, a doyen of acupuncture in India. Later he  completed a post-graduate certificate course on Acupuncture and Moxibustion from Kiangshu Institute for Chinese Traditional Medicine, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China in 1978. A prolific writer, Dr Bakshi has more than fifty research articles to his credit. He has been doing a pioneering effort to use integrated medical approach to tackle many common ailments including ADDICTION and has treated over 70,000 patients in the last three decades. With a view to promoting the effective treatment method which is a viable and affordable alternative to costly modern medical pra...

Show addiction the door with acupuncture therapy By Dr. Raman Kapur National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) treatment is a simple standardised five-point auricular needling protocol that originated as a grassroots response to opiate addiction in the 1970s. It is increasingly recognised as a nonspecific behavioural health intervention of notable utility in a wide variety of other psychiatric settings and conditions. Acupuncture has been used as an adjunct to conventional therapy because it reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms associated with addictive substance use and contributes to improved treatment engagement and treatment retention. NADA acupuncture is simple; it is commonly referred as acudetox, acupuncture detoxification, five-point ear acupuncture protocol and five-point protocol. A pilot study was conducted to examine seven common behavioral health symptoms in a population of patients with substance use disorder diagnoses and to exp...

A Workshop on Acudetox counseling for Work life Balance, Stress management and Addiction treatment was organized in the Department of Social Work on dated 21.10.2013.  The workshop was presided over by  Prof.H.Y. Siddiqui  and coordinated by Dr.Mohd. Shahid  Associate Professor & Head, Department of Social work, Mualana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad  The participants were mainly the students of social work and few from other departments. Two major organizations named NADA India Foundation , New Delhi and 2 nd Life Wellness Centre , Hyderabad have anchored the workshop. Mr SuneelVatsyayan, MSW, NADA ADS Chairman Nada India , New Delhi and Dr Sagar, NADA ADS2nd Life Wellness Centre, Hyderabad were the major resource persons.   The workshop aimed to facilitate the participants in developing programs and to address the issues of work life balance, Stress and Control /stop alcohol or tobacco. As the given issues are one of the major...

  SOLIDARITY STATEMENT OF NADA PHILIPPINES AT THE 24 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF  NADA USA  Denver, Colorado May 2-4, 2013 We feel deeply honored to be part of this event as we express our solidarity with NADA USA on this, their 24 th Annual Conference with the theme, “Fostering  Community Resilience and Healing”.   This theme resonates very much with the vision that NADA Philippines has taken up for itself, since its soft launching in October 2010.  We envision  “ a society wherein organized communities can provide their members with affordable and accessible treatment for physical and mental health conditions through ear acupuncture detoxification used in conjunction with other treatment modalities”.  In a country that is beleaguered with social problems affecting a huge number of people and communities, harnessing the inner strength of the people inside the communities can only be the best recourse for healing and recovery. ...

de Valois B, Young TE, Robinson N, McCourt C, Maher EJ (2012) NADA ear acupuncture for breast cancer treatment-related hot flashes and night sweats: an observational study . Medical Acupuncture . 24(4): 256-268 doi:10.1089/acu.2012.089 http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acu.2012.0897 Abstract Background: Hot flashes and night sweats (HF&NS) are major side-effects of adjuvant hormonal treatments for breast cancer. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) five-point ear acupuncture protocol to reduce HF&NS and improve physical and emotional well-being for women receiving adjuvant treatments for breast cancer. Design: This trial was a single-arm observational study that used before-and-after measurements. Setting: The trial was conducted at a National Health Service cancer treatment center in southern England. Patients: The subjects included women with early brea...

"NADA Protocol for addiction treatment in India- In retrospect "   poster was presented at 15 th National Conference of Acupuncture Association of India, 2012, New Delhi Authors Suneel Vatsyayan*   Dr. Ajay Vats**   V. Vindhya *** Abstract 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 five ear points proved to be extremely effective in the treatment of addictions, and became what is now referred to as the “NADA protocol.” Dozens of studies have documented the effectiveness of the NADA protocol. Among the benefits reported by patients and health care providers are: improved retention in drug treatment programs; more optimistic attitudes about detoxification and recovery; reductions in cravings and anxie...