Clinical research on the therapeutic effect of the electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with depression

Author(s): Lou, H. C., Meng, F. Q. , Jia, Y. K. , Zhao, X. Y.

Journal/Book: Psych Clin Neurosci. 1998; 52 Suppl S: S338-S340.

Abstract: Electro-acupuncture (EA) stimulation has been found to influence the brain ( norepinephrine metabolism in experimental animals). Preliminary clinical research has shown that EA treatment is as effective as amitriptyline for patients with depression in this study, two consecutive clinical studies on the treatment of depression with EA are conducted. The first study was double blind placebo controlled, in which 29 depressed inpatients were recruited, patients were tment of choice for depressed patients who were unable to comply with the classic tricyclic antidepressants because of their anticholinergic side effects. The possible mechanism of EA treatment is discussed.

Keyword(s): cr. depression. electro-acu

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