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

From the desk of Dr.Michael O.Smith.... Friends and Colleagues, The state of Colorado has just passed a creative new ADS law which will be a big boost to NADA outreach and service in potentially many states. The summary of SB  13-207:  The bill allows a licensed, registered or certified mental health care professional, who has been appropriately trained,  to perform auricular acudetox.  The auricular Acudetox must be performed within the health care professional’s current scope of practice. Don’t brag, just inform the key representatives of professionals in your state that Colorado has found a new approach that is better for their members as well as patient care and, for that reason also societal safety. In Colorado there was a lot of sympathy for this position even though there no heavy advocates and no prior  ADS law only a couple of years of nurse NADA practice.  That is the idea sort sells itself, and it is a convenient ex...

  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. ...

From the Desk of Dr.Michael. O.Smith.... ....In the 90’s we were asked to train a US doctor and nurse to set up non-pharma hospital detox unit in 3 Saudi hospitals serving only the royal family (in Riyadh, Dammam, and Jeddah).   Most of the protocol (12 steps,   family groups, etc.) was rejected after one year as not being culturally appropriate.   NADA was used 10 years more,   indeed it may be still being used.   I have never heard any negative feedback from Saudi.   My colleague, Larry Taylor trained many doctors from Musilm countries in Africa and the Middle East over several years.   Later he trained NADA trainers in each hospital before returning to Arkansas.   They liked me to sign their certificates   with a special stamp.   I conducted a 2 hour case conference through the US embassy    Each of the 20 doctors asked 2 questions.   No one was skeptical about acupuncture;   no one said it was from an al...

  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...

From the Archives    On Wednesday, February 25, 2005, the community forum on The Use of Acupuncture Detoxification in West Bengal HIV/AIDS and Drug Treatment Services was held at the Solidarityand Action Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHI) office.   National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA), International, called the forum.   Representatives from these two organizations as well as participants from six organizations, namely, Amitic, Vivekananda International Health Centre, Prajan, Swikriti, Manas Bengal, and the IndianResearch Institute on Integrative Medicine (IRIIM) attended. The forum’s main presenter was Dr. Michael O. Smith.   Dr. Michael O. Smith is a psychiatrist, certified addictionologist and acupuncturist.   He is an internationally recognized teacher in the acupuncture and deaddiction field.   He has pioneered the use of acupuncture at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York for the past 30 years. This m...

Dr.Michael O.Smith, Psychiatrist and Chairman , NADA International writes back about his experience  in India.... Dear friends, Today in the Bal Bhavan (child's building) in South Delhi Suneel arranged a remarkably successful and unique meeting--which developed over several years of interpersonal  building efforts.  That is to say, years of meetings were needed to develop the openness and trust with some of the participants.  The Bal Bhavan is a large area with scattered buildings, creative sculptures, various large plant arrangements, and many sites of special interactions for kids.  It was built in the semi-socialist 60's under Nehru and now has very little funding so the program is propelled by a dedicated multi-talented staff. We planned a month-long bead treatment of 25 regular attendees in the program.  The children were told to  make a painting and write 3 favorite words. This assignment will be repeated...