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

Acupuncture point do exist: Scientist Times of India Kolkatta, February 3, 2010

Vatsyayan who likes to call himself a 'developer' was in Indor on Sunday to train Indor Police in the field of stress management and interacting with counselors. addicts and their family members... There is stress in every job so in the job of policing. But the most important thing is to realize that you are stressed out.Unfortunately, most of the people do not know that they are under stress and this is reflected in their work and family life. For the policemen stress management assumes greater importance since there is legal aspect to their work also.....Basically I would aimed at making the policeman realize that they are under stress and how to manage it by various methods including "Auricular acupuncture" which acts as catalysts to self growth....

By AMANDA GARDNER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, March 20th 2001, 2:20AM Thanks to a South Bronx doctor, the same techniques that help drug addicts in New York are aiding relief workers in Gujarat, the earthquake-ravaged region of western India. Years ago, Dr. Michael Smith, head of the recovery center at Lincoln Hospital and a pioneer in using acupuncture to treat addiction in the U.S., helped set up an acupuncture program for the Caring Foundation... Recently, Smith was back in New Delhi training more substance abuse workers when Suneel Vatsyayan, director of the foundation, asked him to meet with relief workers in Ahmedabad, the state capital of Gujarat, where thousands were killed Jan. 26. The devastation has been too much even for seasoned caregivers to handle. One 18-year-old girl insists that her last name is Bhukamp, which means "earthquake" in the local language. No one knows who she is or where she's from. One man suffers recurring headac...

National Institute of Social Defence (Ministry of Social Justice & EmpowermentGovt. of India ) NISD Newsletter Features NADA Ear Acupuncture Protocol for Addiction treatment & Rehabilitation .......Consulting Editor NISD Newsletter Mr.Vagish K.Jha speaks to Dr.Michael O. Smith and Suneel Vatsyayan on various aspects of De-addiction and alternative therapies . http://nisd.gov.in/newsletter/mar2005/mar2005.pdf

...Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched a new academic programme in the field of Acupuncture in collaboration with the Institute of Acupuncture & Natural Medicines (IANM) New Delhi, announced Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, VC, IGNOU. The PG Diploma in Acupuncture will commence from November, 2008, he added. The course is intended to strengthen the Acupuncture in general. It shall help graduates of different system of medicine to learn a new modality of therapy and utilize it for patient benefit in treating acute and chronic diseases. The programme can be completed in a minimum period of 1 year and a maximum period of 3 years and is available to the Medical graduates (Allopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha & Homeopathy) For the first time a medical programme will be offered online with contact sessions for practical training. Internal assessment will be done through online tests / examination and term-end examination. Acupuncture is a traditional method of thera...

The Hindu Online edition of India's National NewspaperSaturday, June 02, 2001 http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/02/stories/14022185.htm Twisting your child's ears may not have daunted him into burning the midnight oil and securing good marks in the board examinations or, in fact, shunning that smoking or drinking habit, but pricking a few needles in his ears might just be the cure you are looking for. Auricular or ear acupuncture is not something that has been practiced in India for long, but it surely is being projected as the next big stress buster after meditation. Unlike acupuncture, which involves use of needles in various parts of the body, auricular acupuncture uses just five or three points in the ear. And if specialists are to be believed, the method can be used for helping students get over post-examination anxiety and stress. With the CBSE results just out, the Caring Foundation, an NGO, organised a special counselling programme for students outside the CBSE building...