Summary: A meta-analysis examined studies on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), highlighting that its unique acupoint tapping component actively contributes to its therapeutic effectiveness beyond placebo effects. Despite critiques and corrections to the original analysis, the updated results reaffirmed that acupoint tapping plays a significant role in the clinical success of EFT.
Citation and Link: Church, D., Kip, K., Stapleton, P. (2022). Corrigendum supports therapeutic contribution of acupoint tapping to EFT’s observed effects. J Nerv Ment Dis, 210: 143-47. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001439
Read the Original Study at The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease