Brooks Audrey J, Schwartz Gary E, Reece Katie, Nangle Gerry
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
J Altern Complement Med. 2006 Sep;12(7):625-31. doi: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.625.
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of Johrei healing, a form of energy healing, on substance use and psychologic symptoms in a sample of clients receiving substance abuse treatment.
Twenty-one (21) persons in residential substance-abuse treatment participated in a randomized, wait-list control pilot study of Johrei healing. Twelve (12) of the participants received three 20-minute Johrei sessions for 5 weeks in addition to their regular treatment.
The results are from the first treatment wave. Individual healing sessions were evaluated pre-post with the Johrei Experience Scale. Participants showed significant decreases in stress/depression and physical pain and increases in positive emotional/spiritual state, energy, and overall well-being after an individual Johrei healing session. The Global Assessment of Individual Need (GAIN), Profile of Mood States (POMS), General Alcoholics Anonymous Tools of Recovery, and 12-Step Participation scales were administered before and after the 5-week intervention to assess change in substance use, psychologic distress, mood, and 12-Step participation. Improvements in depression and trauma symptoms, externalizing behaviors (GAIN), and vigor (POMS) were found for the treatment group. Despite comparable 12-Step attendance the treatment group showed greater improvement than the wait-list control group in the use of 12-Step recovery tools. No difference in substance use was found between the two groups.
Variables related to substance use and relapse showed improvement in the treatment group suggesting that Johrei healing shows promise and should be studied with a larger sample, over a longer treatment period, with sham controls.
本研究旨在确定一种能量疗法——照灵疗法（Johrei healing）对接受药物滥用治疗的患者样本中药物使用情况和心理症状的疗效。
21名接受住院药物滥用治疗的患者参与了一项关于照灵疗法的随机、候补对照试点研究。12名参与者除接受常规治疗外，还在5周内接受了3次每次20分钟的照灵疗法治疗。
结果来自第一轮治疗。每次治疗后用照灵体验量表对个体治疗进行前后评估。个体接受照灵疗法治疗后，参与者的压力/抑郁和身体疼痛显著减轻，积极情绪/精神状态、能量和总体幸福感增强。在为期5周的干预前后，使用个体需求综合评估量表（GAIN）、情绪状态剖面图（POMS）、戒酒互助会通用康复工具和12步参与量表来评估药物使用、心理困扰、情绪和12步参与情况的变化。治疗组在抑郁和创伤症状、外化行为（GAIN）以及活力（POMS）方面有所改善。尽管12步出席情况相当，但治疗组在使用12步康复工具方面比候补对照组有更大改善。两组在药物使用方面未发现差异。
与药物使用和复发相关的变量在治疗组中有所改善，这表明照灵疗法显示出前景，应该在更大样本、更长治疗期并设置假对照的情况下进行研究。
