Schizophrenia, Sleep, and Acupuncture

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-88937-355-6
Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 702 g

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.”

Zielgruppe

Psychiatrists, psychologists, acupuncturists, complementary medicine practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bosch, Peggy

Noort, Moritz W van den

Noort, Maurits van den

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker Akupunktur
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Schlafmedizin & Schlafforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents:

Preface. vii
Note on the Translation of Chinese Medical Terms. xii
1. An Introduction to Schizophrenia. 1
Hugo A. Jørgensen and Erik Johnsen
2. Schizophrenia: What Do We Know from Neuroimaging Research?. 16
Maurits van den Noort and Peggy Bosch
3. The Pharmacotherapy of Schizophrenia: Past, Present, and Possible
Future. 35
Bart A. Ellenbroek
4. Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia in Practice: Emphasizing
Early Warning Symptoms. 58
Dick J. Brouwer, Annita Bosveld, Ineke van der Lans, and Dzelal Dani
5. A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Diagnosis and Management
of Schizophrenia. 68
Leila Kozak, Lorin D. Boynton, Arushi Sinha, and Jake Bentley
6. What is Sleep and What Can Go Wrong with Sleep?. 83
Anton M.L.Coenen
7. Sleep of Patients with Schizophrenia On and Off Melatonin Treatment:

Contradictions and Hypothesis. 104
Vadim S. Rotenberg
8. An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine. 122
LiPing Han
9. The Philosophy Behind Traditional Chinese Medicine. 146
Stan Switala
10. Acupuncture Modalities, Methodology, and Key Problems for Western
Scientific Research. 162
Peggy Bosch, Brigitte Ausfeld, and Maurits van den Noort
11. The Search for the Mechanism Behind Acupuncture: Research with
Neuroimaging. 175
Peggy Bosch and Maurits van den Noort
12. Acupuncture and the Dopaminergic System. 202
Sabine Lim, Seung Youn, and Chihyoung Son
13. Acupuncture and Sleep: Can Acupuncture Be Used in the Treatment
of Insomnia and Schizophrenia?. 249
Peggy Bosch, Anton M.L. Coenen, Bart A. Ellenbroek, and Maurits
van den Noort
14. Traditional Chinese Medicine and Psychological Disorders. 267
Yifan Yang
15. Acupuncture and Moxibustion as Treatments for Schizophrenia and
Sleep Disturbances. 285
Qinzhang Ding, Junying Yan, and Yixiong Ma
16. Acupuncture in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Case Study. 306
Patricia Ronan, Neil Quinton, and Dominic Harbinson
Conclusions. 327
Contributors. 329
Index. 335

Über Autor(innen)

Bosch, Peggy
a. Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (NICI), Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
b. Collaborating with the Shenzhou Open University of TCM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peggy Bosch is a clinical psychologist educated at the Radboud University Nijmegen. She completed her acupuncture study at the Shenzhou Open University of TCM, and she is interested in schizophrenia, sleep, and acupuncture. She has previously worked as a research assistant at the psychiatry department of the University of Bergen, Norway. She currently works as a PhD student on the Schizophrenia, Sleep, and Acupuncture project at the NICI in Nijmegen.