Schizophrenia, Sleep and Acupuncture

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This book is an introduction for professionals in Western medicine & for acupuncturists on the use of acupuncture in the treatment of schizophrenia & sleep disorders. A mix of east-west culture. A role to improving the quality of life. (2009)

This book is an introduction for professionals in Western medicine and for acupuncturists on the use of acupuncture in treatment of schizophrenia and sleep disorders.

Acupuncture has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in mental health and sleep disorders. This book aims to build a bridge between “conventional” medicine research and practice, which is increasingly interested in the benefits of acupuncture but often not aware of the considerable knowledge and experience available, and TCM/acupuncture where understanding of conventional Western concepts of and approaches to schizophrenia may be lacking. Acupuncture has, for instance, been shown to normalize levels of neurotransmitters involved in sleep and schizophrenia.

Contributions by leading experts from both the Western and Chinese traditions deal with: current concepts of schizophrenia, pharmacotherapy, practical experience, cross-cultural differences, comparisons of TCM/Western diagnoses, sleep disturbances, effects of acupuncture on neurotransmitters, philosophy of TCM, neuroimaging studies, recent research results from East and West on TCM and acupuncture treatments for schizophrenia.

In the editors’ words: “We aim to build a bridge between Western and Eastern medicine. The main goal of this book is to create more understanding and to stimulate cooperation across the borders of the medicine we were taught, in order to create better treatments for our patients. What we can not achieve alone, we might be able to achieve together.”

This book is a scholarly work which calls for the scientific evaluation of acupuncture and the role that it may have in improving the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia, Sleep, and Acupuncture emerges from three well-established disciplines: psychiatry, clinical psychopharmacology, and sleep medicine. Written by an international cadre of researchers and clinicians, this timely volume gives an up-to-date summary of the diagnosis and treatment of of schizophrenia in Western countries.

It stresses, in addition, the importance of crosscultural issues in order to reach an appropriate diagnosis, and to integrate complementary therapies such as acupuncture. Insomnia is a common feature of schizophrenia. In this respect, severe insomnia is often seen during exacertation of schizophrenia, and may actually precede the appearance of other symptoms of relapse. Chapters in this volume discuss sleep and the effects of antipsychotic drugs on sleep in schizophrenia patients.

A theoretical background of the effect of acupuncture on sleep in normal subjects and in schizophrenia patients with sleep disorders is also discussed in detail. The role of dopamine and glutamate in sleep disruption of schizophrenia patients and the connection between dopamine and acupuncture are also highlighted. Peggy Bosch and Maurits van den Noort have edited a book that is clear, comprehensive, well balanced and remarkably complete.

This volume will be of interest to a wide circle of readers including psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists and sleep medicine specialists, who evaluate and/or treat patients with schizophrenia and comorbid insomnia.

Date reviewed

07/04/2009

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