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Meg Patterson's son, Lorne, has continued her important work on NET. More information about his work can be found on our blog.
   
 
 
 
 
   
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Dr. Meg in surgery, her first and enduring love.
Her decision in 1973 to give up surgery to pursue full-time research into the potential of electro stimulation in addiction treatment was one of the hardest she ever made.

 
   

Electro-acupuncture in alcohol and drug addictions.
Patterson MA.
[Clin Med 1974; 81:9-13]

Acupuncture and neuro-electric therapy in the
treatment of drug and alcohol addictions.

Patterson MA.
[Aust J Alc Drug Dependence 1975;2:90-95]

Addictions Can Be Cured.
Patterson MA.
[Oxford, England: Lion Publishing, 1975]
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Effects of NeuroElectric Therapy (NET) in drug addiction: an interim report.
Patterson MA.
[UN Bull Narc 1976;28:55-62]
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The significance of current frequency in NeuroElectric
Therapy (NET) for drug and alcohol addictions.

Patterson MA. Wageneder FM, Germann RH,
[eds. Electrotherapeutic Sleep and Electroanaesthesia. Graz: R M Verlag, 1978:285-96]

The amelioration of restraint stress by electrostimulation.
Capel ID, Williams DC, Patterson MA.
[IRCS Med Sci 1979;7:634]
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Electrotherapy: addictions and neuroelectric therapy.
Patterson MA.
Nurs Times. 1979 Nov 29;75(48):2080-3]
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NeuroElectric Therapy: are endorphins involved?
Patterson MA.
[MIMS Magazine 1981;Sep:22-5]

The effect of electrostimulation on barbiturate-induced
sleeping times in rats.

Capel ID, Pinnock MH, Withey NJ, Williams DC, Patterson MA.
Drug Dev Res 1982;2:73-9]
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The influence of electrostimulation on hexobarbital induced loss of righting reflex in rats.
Capel ID, Pinnock MH, Patterson MA.
[Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutic Res, Int J 1982;7:17-26]
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Tryptophan, serotonin and hydroxyindole acetic acid levels in rat brain following slow or fast frequency electrostimulation.
Capel ID, Goode IG, Patterson MA.
[IRCS Med Sci 1982;10:427-8]
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Getting Off The Hook. Addictions can be cured by
NET (NeuroElectric Therapy).

Patterson Meg
[Wheaton Ill: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1983]
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Treatment of drug, alcohol and nicotine addiction
by NeuroElectric Therapy: analysis of results over 7 years.

Patterson MA, Firth J, Gardiner R.
[J Bioelectricity 1984; 3:193-221]
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Electrostimulation and opiate withdrawal.
Patterson MA.
[Br J Psychiatry. 1985 Feb;146:213]
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Hooked? NET: The New Approach To Drug Cure.
Patterson MA.
[London, Boston: Faber & Faber, 1986.
Der sanfte Entzug. Stuttgart (Germany): Klett-Cotta Verlag,1988]

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Neuro-electric therapy: criticisms of the 1984 Bethlem Study.
Patterson MA.
[Br J Addict. 1989 Jul;84(7):818]
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'NET: New approach to drug treatment and its scientific basis.' 1st International Symposium on New Approaches to Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies.
Patterson MA, Patterson L.
[USSR, 28-30 March, 1989]

Neuroelectric therapy: the new approach to drug treatment and its scientific basis.
Patterson Meg

Transcranial Electrostimulation (TES) of brain opioid
structures (BOS): Experimental treatment of alcohol
withdrawal syndrome (AWS) and clinical application.

Krupitsky EM, Katznelson YaS, Lebedev VP, Flood NV,
Patterson MA, Lipton JM, Kozlowski GP.

[Abstracts of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience Nov 1991;17:1420]

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NeuroElectric Therapy (NET) in addiction.
Patterson MA.
Amer J Electromedicine. Medical Electronics 1991;22(6):78-9]

NeuroElectric Therapy (NET) in chemical addictions.
Patterson MA, Flood NV, Patterson L.
[Environmental Medicine 1992;8]
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NeuroElectric Therapy (NET) in addiction detoxification.
Patterson MA, Flood NV, Patterson L.
[Subtle Energies 1992;3(3):1-23]
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Electrostimulation in drug and alcohol detoxification.
Significance of stimulation criteria in clinical success.

Patterson MA, Patterson L, Flood NV, Winston JR, Patterson SI.
[Addiction Research 1993;1:130-144]
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A randomized double-blind study of NeuroElectric Therapy in opiate and cocaine detoxification.
Gariti P, Auriacombe M, Incmikoski R, McLellan AT, Patterson L, Dhopesh V, Mezochow J, Patterson M, O'Brien C.
[J of Substance Abuse 1992;4(3):299-308]
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Amelioration of stress in chemical dependency
detoxification by transcranial electrostimulation.

Patterson M, Krupitsky E, Flood N, Baker D, Patterson L.
[Stress Medicine 1994;10:115,126]
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Embryofetal effects of NeuroElectric Therapy (NET).
Little BB, Patterson MA.
[Electro-and Magnetobiology 1996;15(1):1-8]
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Neuroscience, Neurophysiology And Acupuncture: Part 3 - Electroacupuncture
Karavis Miltiades M.D.,Dip.Ac.
[ICMART '96, VII 's World Congress, Copenhagen: The Medical Acupuncture Web Page, 1996;5:9-12]
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Electrostimulation: addiction treatment for the coming millennium.
Patterson MA, Patterson L, Patterson SI.
[J of Alt and Complementary Med 1996;2(4):485-491]
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Standards - What, and by Whom?
Patterson L.
[Stress Medicine 1997;13:203-4]
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NeuroElectric Therapy (NET); safe, effective, non-drug detoxification.
Stephens E, White G.
[Conference proceedings: The World Federation of Therapeutic Communities WFTC 2002 - 21st World Conference, 17-21 February 2002, Melbourne, Australia]