Acupuncture and PTSD: 'Come for the Needles, Stay for the Therapy'.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Koffman, Robert L.; Helms, Joseph M.
- Source
- Psychiatric Annals; May2013, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p236-239, 4p
- Subject
- ACUPUNCTURE
MILITARY physicians
CHRONIC pain
MILITARY science
OCCUPATIONAL training
- Language
- ISSN
- 00485713
The article offers information on training programs in medical acupuncture for military physicians. The training was conducted in order to use the emerging discipline as primary or complementary treatment for the three major complaints brought about by a decade of warfare such as acute and chronic pain, acute and chronic stress disorders and sequelae to concussion. Types of acupuncture that are useful in combat situations are discussed.