Some Notes on Jay Holder, D.C.

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Miscellaneous News Index ||| Chirobase Home PageSome Notes on the Activities and Credentials of Jay M. Holder, D.C. Barrett, M.D.Jay M. Holder, D.C., operates continuing education seminars on " addictionology, " a " torque-release technique, " and auriculotherapy. Current adsfor these courses state:Dr. Holder is the first American to receive the Albert Schweitzer Prizein Medicine from the Albert Schweitzer-Gesellschaft. Austria. 1992 Chiropractorof the Year by The Florida Chiropractic Association, and Florida ChiropracticSociety Researcher of the Year in 1995. Dr. Holder is Adjunct Professor,St. 's College, Milwaukee. Held appointment to the faculty at theUniversity of Miami, Center for Addiction Studies and Education, and heldappointment as postgraduate faculty, at numerous chiropractic collegesincluding National College, Life College, and Life West. Executive BoardMember and Treasurer of the Council on Chiropractic Practice.He is Co-Founder of Torque Release Technique, discoverer and developerof the Foundation Point System and Addiction Axis Line in Auriculotherapy,President and Co-Founder of the American College of Addictionology andCompulsive Disorders, which trains and board certifies professionals inthe field of addiction worldwide and is Director/Founder of the ExodusTreatment Center, a 350 bed addiction facility located in Miami, Florida.At the age of 14 Dr. Holder began his experience in research in neurotoxinsat the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Holder is presently,investigating the efficacy of the chiropractic subluxation in addictiontreatment and is expanding " The Brain Reward Cascade " , a modelsupporting the vertebral subluxation complex. The 1993 United States Senatecompared Dr. Holder's success in research to Jordan's performancein basketball. Author of 2 books, edited in several others, author of manyscientific papers and research studies, and inventor of medical, acupunctureand chiropractic devices, Dr. Holder lectures worldwide and is in his 24thyear of practice operating two clinics located in Miami and Miami Beach,Florida [1-3].Holder has been severely criticized for misrepresenting some of his hiscredentials [4]. He has a legitimate doctor of chiropractic (D.C.) degreefrom National College of Chiropractic, but for many years he has also claimedto have M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. Various investigators have concluded:A promotional article in a chiropractic newspaper states that Holder'smedical training was begun at CETEC Medical School in the Dominican Republicand completed at Open International University (OIU) in Sri Lanka., whichissued his " M.D. " degree [5].CETEC was a nonaccredited diploma mill that was shut down in the mid-1980safter U.S. Postal Inspectors determined that it had been selling M.D. " degrees. " [6] A chiropractic newspaper has reported that CETEC agreed to accept Holder'schiropractic degree in lieu of two years of basic science courses and " offeredcomprehensive programs by special examination, " an arrangement that " allowed Holder to continue in chiropractic practice while studyingfor his M.D. degree. " [5]Open International University for Complementary Medicines is not arecognized or accredited medical school. Documents related to an Australiancourse in acupuncture and Qigong " recognized " by OIU state that " outstanding students " who complete the course will be awardedM.D. . . . or other degrees in complementary medicine . . . (Legal FeeUS$400 applicable). " [7,8]Holder's curriculum vitae states that his " Ph.D. " was obtainedfrom the Anglo-American Institute in Bournemouth, England. This was a Britishcorrespondence school with no recognized scientific standing. Its fullname, according to Holder's 1977 " Ph.D. " diploma, was the Anglo-AmericanInstitute of Drugless Therapy (AAIDT). Before passage of the EducationalReform Act of 1988, anyone could grant or award degrees because educationalprograms were self-accrediting. After 1988, AAIDT, which was not accreditedunder current standards, stopped granting " degrees. " Holder's Albert Schweitzer Prize for Medicines " certificate, datedApril 1991, states that it was issued by " the Albert Schweitzer Foundationand the Senate of Open University International. " However, the administratorof the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (in Boston) states that he is unawareof any such prize [9].On November 19, 1998, the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners decidednot to renew the applications of the Holder Research Institute (HRI) andHolder's American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders (ACACD)as continuing education vendors because Holder " did not satisfactorilyprove the validity of his Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. " [10]. (The action did not invalidate credits for the courses already given.)Holder appealed the decision, contending that the board's action " wasunlawful and based on false allegations of fact. " In May 1999, theappeal was settled with a stipulated judgment in which:Holder acknowledged that he was not licensed to practice medicine inOregon and did not intend to practice medicine there.The Board agreed to renew the vendor status of HRI and ACACD effectiveMay 28, 1999.Holder agreed that no future reference will be made to his " M.D. " or " Ph.D. " credentials in connection with any course for whichOregon continuing chiropractic education credit exists or is sought [11].An ad for Holder's 1995 " Certified Addiction Professional Program " described it as leading to a " Certified Addiction Professional ( " C.A.P. " )credential [12]. However, in 1995, the executive director of Florida's Boardfor Certified Addiction Professionals indicated that Holder was not approvedto provide C.A.P. training.A 1996 brochure for HRI's 2-day course stated: " Jay M. Holder, D.C.,M.D., Ph.D. . . . is President/Co-founder of the American College of Addictionologyand Compulsive Disorders which trains and board certifies professionalsin the field of addiction worldwide. . . . Dr. Holder is certified in twospecialties -- addictionology and pain management [13]. As far as I cantell, neither the medical nor the chiropractic profession recognizes either " addictionology " or " pain management " as specialties.The current brochure for Holder's 150-hour addictionology program identifieshim as " Jay M. Holder, D.C., C.Ad., " and states:This program prepares you with the skills needed to become this nation'sprimary intervention resource in addiction intervention, treatment & management. By developing important new skills and learning the most effectiveup to date techniques, this program will allow the participant to gainthe most significant experience available. . . . This will allow the " C.Ad. " designate the opportunity to function in hospitals, residential treatmentcenters, outpatient programs, federal, state and county criminal justiceprograms, as well as meeting individual needs that may present themselvesin their private practice setting. Federal funding and research grantsare knocking at the door. ARE YOU PROPERLY CREDENTIALED?The brochure notes that " individual state requirements for licensure,relicensure, and certification, may vary, therefore please check with yourstate board for approval verification. " [1]The addictionology course is also claimed to be " the only internationalmultidisciplinary educational initiative that offers all healthcare andrelated professionals the highest level in addiction certification available. " [1] Although Holder's course has been approved by some state agencies, Ido not believe this description is credible. The highest level of professionalrecognition is certification in addiction psychiatry, a psychiatric subspecialtyrecognized by the American Boardof Medical Specialties. Nonphysician counselors can obtain certificationfrom the National Associationof Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC). To become a NationalCertified Addiction Counselor (NCAC), candidates must be (a) state-certifiedor licensed as an alcoholism or drug-abuse counselor, ( have three yearsof full-time or 6,000 hours of supervised experience, and © pass a writtenexamination. Holder's American College of Addictionology and CompulsiveDisorders is not listed asan approved education provider on the NAADAC Web site.Torque Release " is a technique in which a handheld, spring-loadedmallet (TheIntegrator) [14] can be used to tap various points along the spine tocorrect " subluxations " in both adults and children. This deviceclosely resembles the Activator adjusting instrument, which is the centerpieceof a treatment approach called ActivatorMethods. During the late 1980s, ActivatorMethods, Inc (AMI), accused Holder of violating its copyrights in connectionwith courses he conducted. In 1990, after being threatened with legal action,Holder agreed to stop distributing any written materials that contain portionsof AMI's copyrighted publications or trade or service marks [15].Auriculotherapy is a variation of acupuncture based on the notion thatthe body and organs are represented (in a layout resembling an invertedfetus) on the surface of the ear. Its practitioners twirl needles oradminister small electrical currents at points on the ear that supposedlyrepresent diseased organs. Holder's brochure states that auriculotherapyis useful for treating alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, workaddiction, compulsive gambling, pain, and internal disorders. The evidencethat any type of acupuncture can help any of these conditions is slim andconsists mainly of poorly designed studies [16-18]. A well-designed studyof auriculotherapy found that it failed to relieve chronic pain [19].References1. The Eighth Annual 150-Hour Certified Addictionologist Program forall healthcare and related professionals (C.Ad.) Designation awarded uponprogram completion. Flyer distributed in January 2000 by the American Collegeof Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders, Miami Beach, Florida.2. The Holder Research Institute presents the Torque Release Technique.Flyer distributed in January 2000.3. The American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders(ACACD) presents a one day intensive seminar on auriculotherapy taughtby Dr. Jay M. Holder. Flyer distributed in January 2000.4. on DD. You decide the real truth about Jay Holder's degrees.American Journal of Clinical Chiropractic, Jan 19, 1996.5. Dr.Jay Holder . . . Portrait of a chiropractic leader. The ChiropracticJournal 10(2):38-39, 43, 1995.6. Doctor by Degree. CBS-TV " 60 Minutes, " March 31, 1985.7. Fax from Mandy Chen, convenor for A Better Medicine Education, sPlains, Australia, Aug 17, 1995.8. Eastern Medicine in the age of technology: Acupuncture & Qigong,27 to 30 October 1995.9. Loiselle M. Letter, Aug 1, 1995.10. Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Publicminutes. November 19, 1998.11. Stipulated judgment dismissing petition for judicial review oforder other than in contested case. In Jay M. Holder, D.C. vs. Oregon Boardof Chiropractic Examiners, No. 99C-10928, Circuit Court for the State ofOregon for n County. May 28, 1999.12. The American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disordersis proud to present the first " 120-hour Certified Addiction Professional " :(C.A.P.). Advertisement, Florida Chiropractic News, Feb 1995.13. Life College presents the torque release technique. Advertisement,The Chiropractic Journal 14(4):7, 2000.14. Holder Jack M. Chiropractic device for removing a vertebral subluxation.U.S.Patent #5,632,765, May 25, 1997.15. Holder JM, Fuhr AW, Fuhr AW (for Activator Methods). Agreementand consent to cease and desist. May 29, 1990.16. Ter Riet G and others. Ameta-analysis of studies into the effect of acupuncture on addiction.British Journal of General Practice 40:379-382, 1990.17. Ter Riet G and others. Acupunctureand chronic pain: A criteria-based meta-analysis. Journal of ClinicalEpidemiology 43:1191-1199, 1990.18. White AR and others. Ameta-analysis of acupuncture techniques for smoking cessation. TobaccoControl 8:393-397, 1999.19. Melzack R, Katz J. Auriculotherapyfails to relieve chronic pain: A controlled crossover study. JAMA 251:1041-1043,1984.Miscellaneous News Index ||| Chirobase Home PageThis article was revised on January 31, 2000.