Adjuvant whole-body acupuncture in depression. A placebo-controlled study under standardized mianserin therapy

Author(s): Roschke, J., Wolf, C. , Kogel, P. , Wagner, P. , Bech, S.

Journal/Book: Nervenarzt. 1998; 69(11): 961-967.

Abstract: In order to examine the efficacy of whole body acupuncture additionally applied to drug treatment in depression,a single-blind placebo-controlled study with 70 inpatients administered to three different treatment groups has been carried out. All patients were pharmacologically treated with the tetracyclic antidepressant mianserin. The verum group (n=22) received acupuncture at specific points considered to be effective in the treatment of depression. The placebo group ( n=24) was treated with acupuncture at non-specific locations and the control group (n=24) received only pharmacological treatment. Acupuncture was applied three times a week over a period of four weeks. Psychopatholo atment with mianserin did by itself. However,we could not detect any differences between placebo and verum acupuncture.

Keyword(s): acu. cr. rct. depression

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