For mental health conditions we recommend utilizing acupuncture in addition to therapy and, when necessary, psychiatric medications. While you work with your treatment providers to uncover and address the underlying behavioral, lifestyle, and biochemical causes of your mental health challenges, acupuncture can help bring some much-needed peace and balance by inducing the release of norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. Acupuncture can be a helpful add-on therapy for anxiety (including panic disorders, social anxiety, PTSD, and OCD); depression; addiction (including substance abuse, overeating, smoking, and self-harm); ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder); and insomnia and sleep issues.