To facilitate gathering information during a psychiatric interview, some psychiatrists advocate augmenting the interview using drugs. Rather than barbiturates, benzodiazepines have been used for drug-assisted intervie...To facilitate gathering information during a psychiatric interview, some psychiatrists advocate augmenting the interview using drugs. Rather than barbiturates, benzodiazepines have been used for drug-assisted interviews. Dissociative amnesia is one of the indications for these interviews. Herein, we present the case of a 15-year-old female who was diagnosed as having dissociative amnesia because of conflicts with her friends. She was administered a Iorazepam-assisted interview to aid recovery of her memories. In this case, a small dose of Iorazepam was sufficient to recover her memories without any adverse effects.展开更多
Objective： To examine the effect of acupuncture on Zhubin （KI9） in reducing alcohol craving in alcohol-dependent patients. Methods： Twenty male alcohol-dependent patients were randomly assigned to two groups, a tr...Objective： To examine the effect of acupuncture on Zhubin （KI9） in reducing alcohol craving in alcohol-dependent patients. Methods： Twenty male alcohol-dependent patients were randomly assigned to two groups, a treatment group （10 cases, age 43.0 ± 6.8 years） and a placebo group （10 cases, age 44.5 ± 7.9 years）. The treatment group was treated with real needle acupuncture on Zhubin （KI9） twice a week for 4 weeks, and the control group was treated with placebo needle acupuncture. Both groups were given acupuncture treatment using Park Sham Device （PSD）. Alcohol craving was measured by the Visual Analogue Scale （VAS） before treatment to establish a baseline, and after 1, 2, and 4 weeks of treatment. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to determine the main and interaction effects of time and on the outcome measure （VAS）. Results： There was a significant effect of time on VAS score （dr=3, F=13.3, P〈0.01）. Main effect of group on VAS score was significant （df=1, F=10.9, P〈0.01） and the time × group interaction was also significant （df=3, F=4.7, P〈0.01）. Conclusions： Real-needle acupuncture therapy on Zhubin （KI9） showed effectiveness in reducing alcohol craving. These results strongly suggest the usefulness of acupuncture therapy on Zhubin （KI9） in preventing a relapse in alcohol dependent patients.展开更多
文摘To facilitate gathering information during a psychiatric interview, some psychiatrists advocate augmenting the interview using drugs. Rather than barbiturates, benzodiazepines have been used for drug-assisted interviews. Dissociative amnesia is one of the indications for these interviews. Herein, we present the case of a 15-year-old female who was diagnosed as having dissociative amnesia because of conflicts with her friends. She was administered a Iorazepam-assisted interview to aid recovery of her memories. In this case, a small dose of Iorazepam was sufficient to recover her memories without any adverse effects.
基金Supported by Medical Research Institute Grant(No.2008-03),Pusan National University,Korea
文摘Objective： To examine the effect of acupuncture on Zhubin （KI9） in reducing alcohol craving in alcohol-dependent patients. Methods： Twenty male alcohol-dependent patients were randomly assigned to two groups, a treatment group （10 cases, age 43.0 ± 6.8 years） and a placebo group （10 cases, age 44.5 ± 7.9 years）. The treatment group was treated with real needle acupuncture on Zhubin （KI9） twice a week for 4 weeks, and the control group was treated with placebo needle acupuncture. Both groups were given acupuncture treatment using Park Sham Device （PSD）. Alcohol craving was measured by the Visual Analogue Scale （VAS） before treatment to establish a baseline, and after 1, 2, and 4 weeks of treatment. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to determine the main and interaction effects of time and on the outcome measure （VAS）. Results： There was a significant effect of time on VAS score （dr=3, F=13.3, P〈0.01）. Main effect of group on VAS score was significant （df=1, F=10.9, P〈0.01） and the time × group interaction was also significant （df=3, F=4.7, P〈0.01）. Conclusions： Real-needle acupuncture therapy on Zhubin （KI9） showed effectiveness in reducing alcohol craving. These results strongly suggest the usefulness of acupuncture therapy on Zhubin （KI9） in preventing a relapse in alcohol dependent patients.
