Clinical Research Of Internet Addiction Syndrome By Acupuncture And Pressing Of The Auricular Point

ObjectiveInternet is a new phenomenon in 1990s. Recently, with the popularity of the Internet, while the youngsters are receiving the Internet quickly, it also brings some psychological, physiological, moral problems, or even illegal actions and crime actions, which are outstanding but troublesome social problems. As the university of the Internet, the Internet Addiction patients are on the increase. Just like overdrinking, drug-taking, gambling or other harmful habits, Internet addiction can also cause the psychological and behavior troubles, which will result to family crisis, decrease the working and studying efficiency, lead to unemployment even crime etc..The treatment of Internet Addiction, mainly, adopting the cognitive action therapy and consulting the treatment of psychosis, such as closing and isolating from the Internet, military training, psychological guidance, collective psychological guidance, taking calm drug, antidepressant, antianxity, etc.. Nowadays, it is not very popular to use traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of Internet Addiction, which also lack a unifiedly identificated and curing principles. However, acupuncture, as a traditional therapy, has been put into use preliminary and received a remarkable effect.Through observing the effect of acupuncture, pressing of the auricular point combined with psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of Internet Addiction Syndrome in clinical treatment, to provide medical evidence for this method. Furthermore, according to the theoretical analysis on the reasons and mechanism of disease of Internet Addiction Syndrome in Chinese Medical, the writer comes up with the acupuncture healing mechanism.Methods1.Means of clinical treatment research Consulting and arranging the clinical research meterials of Internet Addiction Syndrome and absorbing the advantage of study method, diagnostic criteria, curative effect evaluation and statistic techniques. And combining with the actual conditions to work out a scientific and workable study method.The clinical cases are patients from Guangzhou Baiyun Psychology Hospital adolescent mental section. From March to December 2010, a total of 61 qualified patients were recruited into the research. By the admitted order and using the stochastic method, in a ratio of 1:1, the patients were divided into two groups-the treatment group (31 persons) and the comparison group (30 persons).Individual psychology counselling was implemented by professional psychologist from Guangzhou Baiyun Psychology Hospital. The counselling lasts 2 hours, and once a week. The team psychology treatment was conducted twice a week,3 hours every time. Mental medicines were prescribed by psychiatric doctors, and the prescription are:escitalopram (10mg/once, once a day), used to antidepressant;Lorazepam Tablets (1-2mg/once, twice a day), used to anti-anxiety etc.. Psychological and medical treatment was used in the comparison group, in addition, the treatment group also had acupuncture and auricular point press. The main points for acupuncture were as follows:EX-HN, DU 24, GB 13(double), EX-HN 3, PC 6 (double), HT 7(double), the times of acupunctures variates with the clinical conditions. The points for auricular point press are:heart, liver, kidney, Sympathetic Nerve, Ear Shenmen, subcortex, Central Rim, Sanjiao, Endocrine. The treatment were conducted in Monday, Thursday, Friday, totally 18 times.During the treatment, Chinese Internet addiction volume table, Degree of disease volume table, SCL-90, HAMD, HAMA were used to evaluate, and all the collected data were analysed by the SPSS13.0 software.2. Theoretical MethodsTo conduct the theoretical research, the writer mainly consulted these books such as Huangdi Neijing, Fundamental Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Traditional Mental Psychopathology etc., and sorted out the relevant theories about the relationship of spirit (original spirit, recognizant spirit, orectic spirit), qi and blood, disease caused by emotions and ambitions, in addition, to apply these theories to the analysis of the causes of the internet addiction syndrome. Result1. Conclusion of clinical treatment(1) In treatment group, there are 31 patients, in which 20 are cured,5 had the obvious effects,3 had effects,3 had no use. The cure rate is 90.32%, and the basic curative rate is 64.52%. In comparison group, there are 30 patients, in which 13 are cured,3 had the obvious effects,6 had effects, 8 had no use. The cure rate is 73.33%, and the basic curative rate is 43.33%. Statistics discrepancy(<0.05) of total efficient rate and basic curativerate exists between the two groups.(2)Discrepancy obviously exists between the two groups before and after test scores in such aspects as aggregate score of SCL-90, the positive number, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, mental symptom, HAMD, HAMA.(3)Relevance obviously exists between the level of impairment, the healing effect and the patients'requirement for treatment, the self living abilities (P<0.05); The length of surfing the Internet has no relevance with the healing effect (P>0.05); The seriousness of the disease has no obvious relevance with the healing effect (P>0.05); in the comparison group, the seriousness of the disease has no obvious discrepancy with the midium disease (P>0.05), but obvious discrepancy exists in the healing effects between medium and the heavy, the light and the heavy patients (P<0.05).2. Conclusion of theoretical studyOn the base of the relevant theories about the relationship of spirit (original spirit, recognizant spirit, orectic spirit), qi and blood, disease caused by emotions and ambitions, the writer comes up with the idea that disorder of qi and blood of the Internet addicts are caused by the extremeness of emotions and ambitions, consequently, regulating the qi and curing the spirit are the core of healing the internet addiction syndrome by acupuncture.Conclusion1. Conclusion of clinical treatment(1) The method of acupuncture and pressing the auricular point with the assistance of medicine can improve the fundamental curative rate and the overall efficiency, which also ameliorate the mental symptom such as SCL-90, HAMD, HAMA.(2) Wether the internet addiction syndrome patients seek treatment or if they can live by themselves are relevant, which are the important factors. (3) There are no clear evidence that wether age, the level of severity of the patient have correlation, which requires further studies.2. Conclusion of theoretical studyCurrently, in addition to some scholars having addressed that the disease should be owed to conscious or emotional illness, the theoretical studies on Internet Addiction Syndrome are very limited. In this essay, the writer try to use the theory of spirit and the theory of qi and blood to explain the pathogenesis of the disease. Furthermore, to apply to clinical treatment, the writer make use of acupuncture and pressing the auricular point, which have achieved a certain success. However, because of the writer's limited knowledge of Chinese Medical theory, the inadequacies of this study require further studies later on.