ArticleSubstance abuse and rehabilitation2016
The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association protocol, auricular acupuncture to support patients with substance abuse and behavioral health disorders: current perspectives.
Article in Substance abuse and rehabilitation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Preoperative Acupuncture for Patients Undergoing Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty
The Acupuncture for Pain, Opioid Use Disorder and Mood (AcuPOM) Study: A Pilot Trial
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Barriers and facilitators for patients' acceptance and adherence to auriculotherapy: A qualitative systematic review using the theoretical domains framework.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Acupuncture for neonatal abstinence syndrome in newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of Laser Auricular Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation: A randomised controlled trial.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2021Trial
- Auricular Acupressure for Perioperative Anxiety and Pain in Therapeutic Breast Surgery: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Patients Experience of Ear Acupuncture for Anxiety-A Qualitative Interview Study.Nursing research and practice · 2026Article
- Comparative Evaluation of the Effect of Pharmacotherapy, Low-Level Laser Therapy, and Behavioral Counseling on Tobacco Cessation: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.Addiction & health · 2026Article
- Auricular Therapy for Migraine.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
- NADA Ear Acupuncture and Medical Acupuncture for Pain- and Health-Related Quality of Life among Older Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Prospective Clinical Trial.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Complementary and Integrative Health Use in Binge Eating Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Methods Study of Binge Eating Disorder Experts' Perspectives.International journal of nursing and health care research · 2024Article
- SIO-ASCO guideline on integrative medicine for cancer pain management: implications for racial and ethnic pain disparities.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2023Article
- Acupuncture in Addiction Medicine: Its History, Evidence, and Possibilities.Medical acupuncture · 2023Review
- The Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture on Suicidal Behavior: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Effect of Auriculotherapy on Situational Anxiety Trigged by Examinations: A Randomized Pilot Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Understandings of acupuncture application and mechanisms.American journal of translational research · 2022Review
- The Science of Auricular Microsystem Acupuncture: Amygdala Function in Psychiatric, Neuromusculoskeletal, and Functional Disorders.Medical acupuncture · 2019Article
- Ear Acupuncture according to the NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association).Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Auricular Acupuncture Associated with Reduced Waist Circumference in Overweight Women-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
- Auricular Medicine in Neonatal Care.Medical acupuncture · 2018Article
- NADA Protocol for Behavioral Health. Putting Tools in the Hands of Behavioral Health Providers: The Case for Auricular Detoxification Specialists.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Thoracic Spondylodiscitis Epidural Abscess in an Afebrile Navy Veteran: A Case Report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA)-standardized 3- to 5-point ear acupuncture protocol, born of a community-minded response to turbulent times not unlike today, has evolved into the most widely implemented acupuncture-assisted protocol, not only for substance abuse, but also for broad behavioral health applications. This evolution happened despite inconsistent research support. This review highlights the history of the protocol and the research that followed its development. Promising, early randomized-controlled trials were followed by a mixed field of positive and negative studies that may serve as a whole to prove that NADA, despite its apparent simplicity, is neither a reductive nor an independent treatment, and the need to refine the research approaches. Particularly focusing on the last decade and its array of trials that elucidate aspects of NADA application and effects, the authors recommend that, going forward, research continues to explore the comparison of the NADA protocol added to accepted treatments to those treatments alone, recognizing that it is not a stand-alone procedure but a psychosocial intervention that affects the whole person and can augment outcomes from other treatment modalities.
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