Abstract

SILVA, André Luiz Picolli da. The treatment of anxiety through acupunture: a case study. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2010, vol.30, n.1, pp. 200-211. ISSN 1414-9893.

Anxiety is a phenomenon widely studied in the West by psychology, psychoanalysis and medicine. It is characterized by an unpleasant subjective state of worry, tension and apprehension, in which it is difficult to relax. Although the terminology anxiety is not found in the literature of chinese traditional medicine, the described symptoms are studied widely. Such literature considers that pathology metaphorically as a discord of the spirit and presents a series of possibilities of interventions for traditional techniques as the acupuncture. The objective of this article was the treatment accomplished through acupuncture to a patient that presented anxiety disorder. After the confirmation of the diagnosis 10 sessions of chinese traditional acupuncture were accomplished, using as theoretical reference the classic literature of chinese medicine. The results were the partial suppression of the symptoms starting from the fourth session and a total recovery of the patient by the disappearance of all of the symptoms starting from the sixth treatment session.

Keywords : Acupuncture; Anxiety; Complementary therapy; Health.

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