Research Publications

The Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine is dedicated to research. Our goal is to discover and collect evidence that demonstrates which treatments work, which ones are harmful, and which ones have no effect. We have ongoing research and you can call our office to find out what studies are currently in process. Below is a list of selected research publications:

Konefal, J.: The challenge of Educating Physicians about Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Academic Medicine, Vol. 77, No. 9: 1-4, 2002.

Kleber, H, Konefal, J., et al.: Cocaine Acupuncture Treatment Study. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 287, No. 1: 55-63, 2002.

Shulman, L, Wen, X.L., Weiner, W.J., Konefal, J, et al: Acupuncture Therapy for the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders, Vol. 17, No. 4: 799-802, 2002.

Konefal J. Acupuncture and Addictions. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 280, No. 17: 1518-1524, 1998.

Konefal J, and Duncan R. Social Anxiety and Training in Neurolinguistic Programming. Psychological Reports, 83:1115-1122, 1998.

Konefal J, Duncan R, Clemence C: "Comparison of Three Levels of Auricular Acupuncture in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program." Alternative Medicine Journal, Vol. 2(5):8-17, 1995.

Konefal J, Duncan R, Clemence C: "The Impact of the Addition of an Acupuncture Treatment Program to an Existing Metro-Dade County Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Facility." Journal of Addictive Diseases, 13(3):71-99, 1994.

Konefal J, Duncan R, Reese, M: "Effect of Neurolinguistic Programming Training on Trait Anxiety and Internal Locus of Control." Psychological Reports, 70:819-832, 1992.

Duncan R, Konefal J, Spechler M: "The Effect of Neurolinguistic Programming Training on Self-Actualization as Measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory." Psychological Reports, Vol 66, Spring 1990.