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Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is reported to be an effective treatment for anxiety, a major presenting symptom among chemically dependent patients. In this study, 40 inpatient alcohol and/or polydrug users were given CES or sham CES in a double blind design. An additional 20 patients served as normal hospital routine controls. Dependent measures of anxiety were the Profile of Mood States, the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing Anxiety Scale, and the State/Trait Anxiety Index. CES-treated patients showed significantly greater improvement on all anxiety measures than did either control group. There were no differences in response between older and younger patients, or between the primarily drug or alcohol abusers. No placebo effect was found on any of our measures. It is concluded tht CES is a clinically significant addition to the treatment regimen for this patient population.
据报道，颅电刺激疗法（CES）是治疗焦虑症的一种有效方法，焦虑症是药物依赖患者的主要症状。在本研究中，40名住院酒精和/或多种药物使用者以双盲设计接受了CES或假CES治疗。另外20名患者作为正常医院常规对照。焦虑的相关测量指标包括情绪状态剖面图、人格与能力测试焦虑量表以及状态/特质焦虑指数。接受CES治疗的患者在所有焦虑测量指标上的改善均显著大于两个对照组。老年患者与年轻患者之间、主要药物滥用者与酒精滥用者之间的反应没有差异。在我们的任何测量指标上均未发现安慰剂效应。结论是，CES是该患者群体治疗方案中具有临床意义的补充。
