Research studies in the field of energy healing and emotional healing:
Brief group intervention using emotional freedom techniques for depression in college students: a randomized controlled trial.
Church D, De Asis MA, Brooks AJ.
Source
Foundation for Epigenetic Medicine, 3340 Fulton Road, No. 442, Fulton, CA 95439, USA.
Abstract
Two hundred thirty-eight first-year college students were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Thirty students meeting the BDI criteria for moderate to severe depression were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. The treatment group received four 90-minute group sessions of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), a novel treatment that combines exposure, cognitive reprocessing, and somatic stimulation. The control group received no treatment. Posttests were conducted 3 weeks later on those that completed all requirements (N = 18). The EFT group (n = 9) had significantly more depression at baseline than the control group (n = 9) (EFT BDI mean = 23.44, SD = 2.1 versus control BDI mean = 20.33, SD = 2.1). After controlling for baseline BDI score, the EFT group had significantly less depression than the control group at posttest, with a mean score in the “nondepressed” range (P = .001; EFT BDI mean = 6.08, SE = 1.8 versus control BDI mean = 18.04, SE = 1.8). Cohen’s d was 2.28, indicating a very strong effect size. These results are consistent with those noted in other studies of EFT that included an assessment for depression and indicate the clinical usefulness of EFT as a brief, cost-effective, and efficacious treatment.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405565/
The effect of a brief EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers
Dawson Church, PhD, Foundation for Epigenetic Medicine, Santa Rosa, CA
Audrey J. Brooks, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson
Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, (2010), Oct/Nov, 40-44.
Citation (APA Style): Church, D., & Brooks, A. J. (2010). The effect of a brief EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers. Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, Oct/Nov, 40-44.
Abstract
This study examined whether self-intervention with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a brief exposure therapy that combines a cognitive and a somatic element, had an effect on healthcare workers’ psychological distress symptoms. Participants were 216 attendees at 5 professional conferences. Psychological distress, as measured by the SA-45, and self-rated pain, emotional distress, and craving were assessed before and after 2-hours of self-applied EFT, utilizing a within-subjects design. A 90-day follow-up was completed by 53% of the sample with 61% reporting using EFT subsequent to the workshop. Significant improvements were found on all distress subscales and ratings of pain, emotional distress, and cravings at posttest (all p<.001). Gains were maintained at follow-up for most SA-45 scales. The severity of psychological symptoms was reduced (-45%, p<.001) as well as the breadth (-40%, p<.001), with significant gains maintained at follow-up. Greater subsequent EFT use correlated with a greater decrease in symptom severity at follow-up (p<.034, r=.199), but not in breadth of symptoms (p<.0117, r=.148). EFT provided an immediate effect on psychological distress, pain, and cravings that was replicated across multiple conferences and healthcare provider samples.
Source: http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2442&Itemid=2045
A Large-Scale Tapping Study
A study involving a total of over 5,000 people, all diagnosed with anxiety disorder, was undertaken across 11 allied treatment centers in South America. Below is a reprint of the paper’s summary by Joaquin Andrade, MD and David Feinstein, Ph.D.
Preliminary Report of the First Large-Scale Study of Energy Psychology
The principal investigator was Joaquin Andrade, M.D. The report was written by Dr. Andrade and David Feinstein, Ph.D. The paper appears in Energy Psychology Interactive: An Integrated Book and CD Program for Learning the Fundamentals of Energy Psychology (Ashland, OR: Innersource, 2004) by David Feinstein in consultation with Fred P. Gallo, Donna Eden, and the Energy Psychology Interactive Advisory Board.
In preliminary clinical trials involving more than 29,000 patients from 11 allied treatment centers in South America during a 14-year period, a variety of randomized, double-blind pilot studies were conducted. In one of these, approximately 5,000 patients diagnosed at intake with an anxiety disorder were randomly assigned to an experimental group (tapping) or a control group (Cognitive Behavior Therapy/medication) using standard randomization tables and, later, computerized software. Ratings were given by independent clinicians who interviewed each patient at the close of therapy, at 1 month, and at 3, 6 and 12 months. The raters made a determination of complete remission of symptoms, partial remission of symptoms, or no clinical response. The raters did not know if the patient received CBT/medication or tapping. They knew only the initial diagnosis, the symptoms, and the severity, as judged by the intake staff. At the close of therapy:
63% of the control group were judged as having improved.
90% of the experimental group were judged as having improved.
51% of the control group were judged as being symptom free.
76% of the experimental group were judged as symptom free.
At one-year follow-up, the patients receiving tapping treatments were less prone to relapse or partial relapse than those receiving CBT/medication, as indicated by the independent raters’ assessments and corroborated by brain imaging and neurotransmitter profiles. In a related pilot study by the same team, the length of treatment was substantially shorter with energy therapy and related methods than with CBT/medication (mean = 3 sessions vs. mean = 15 sessions).
If additional research corroborates these early findings, it will be a key development since CBT/medication is so far still the established standard of care for anxiety disorders; the greater effectiveness of the energy approach suggested by this study would be highly significant. The preliminary nature of these findings must, however, be emphasized. The study was initially envisioned as an in-house assessment of a new method and was not designed with publication in mind. Not all the variables that need to be controlled in robust research were tracked, not all criteria were defined with rigorous precision, the record-keeping was relatively informal, and source data were not always maintained. Nonetheless, the studies all used randomized samples, control groups, and double blind assessment. The findings were so striking that the team decided to report them.
Source: http://www.tapintofreedom.com/research
According to research published recently the fact that we have a home, food and clean water plays little part in our emotional health.
An article Emotions Linked to Health Globally, Especially in Low-GDP Countries by Shane J. Lopez, Gallup Senior Scientist, and Sarah Pressman, Professor of Psychology at University of California, Irvine and published in Psychological Science: A Journal of the Association for Psychological Science found that basic human needs had little effect on our emotions.
The article studied the link between emotions and health in representative samples from 142 countries collected in 2009 through the Gallup World Poll. Gallup surveyed respondents asking whether they experienced positive emotions — such as happiness, enjoyment, and love — and negative emotions — such as sadness, stress, and worry — a lot of the day “yesterday.” Gallup also asked respondents about their health and their basic access to safety, shelter, and food.
Each of our three major findings was somewhat surprising:
• Positive and negative emotions explain good health. Emotions accounted for nearly half (46.1%) of the variance in self-reported health.
• The links between self-reported emotions and health were stronger than the relative impact of hunger, homelessness, and threats to safety on health.
• The link between positive emotion and health was stronger in low-GDP countries than in high-GDP countries.
Co-researcher and professor of Psychology at the University of California said of the findings “The research proves that positive emotions are critical for upkeep of health for people worldwide.”
Please go here for the full article: thrive.gallup.com/2013/03/emotions-linked-to-health-globally.html