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Three Case Reports of Panic Disorder Patients Treated with Combined EFT and Korean Medicine Treatment

Lee, S.-W., Lee, Y.-J., Yoo, S.-W., Lee, R.-D., Park, S.-J. · Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (동의신경정신과학회지) · 2014

Case series👥 3 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 South Korea
In plain English. Three people with panic disorder who were struggling with physical symptoms too intense for talk-therapy-based approaches were treated with a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, and tapping. Their physical symptoms improved notably during treatment. With just three patients and no control group, this is a clinical case report, not a test that can rule out other explanations for the improvement.

What they found

3
people took part

In 3 panic disorder patients for whom early cognitive therapy was difficult due to prominent physical symptoms, adding EFT alongside acupuncture, herbal medicine, and moxibustion was associated with significant improvement in physical symptoms.

How the study worked

Who took part3 patients with panic disorder treated at a Korean medicine clinic (n=3)
What they didThis is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured withclinical observation of physical/somatic symptoms

The full record

DesignCase series
Participants3 people
Population3 patients with panic disorder treated at a Korean medicine clinic
Outcome measuresclinical observation of physical/somatic symptoms
JournalJournal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (동의신경정신과학회지)
Year2014
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Lee, S.-W., Lee, Y.-J., Yoo, S.-W., Lee, R.-D., & Park, S.-J. (2014). Three Case Reports of Panic Disorder Patients Treated with Combined EFT and Korean Medicine Treatment. Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (동의신경정신과학회지).

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