Acupuncture and major depressive disorder: is Traditional Chinese Medicine pattern differentiation necessary?
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- depressionMental Health - DepressionAlternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12607000499482
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Peter Meier
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Patients suffering mild to moderate depression as defined by the DSM IV.
Patients must be taking SSRI (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors) drugs and maintain their therapeutic realtionship with their GP/Psychiatrist.
Patients must maintain their SSRI therapy throughout the trial.
Patients must present with the Chinese Medical diagnostic pattern of Liver Qi Stagnation.
Exclusion Criteria
Suicidal ideation, bipolar disorder, other serious mental health disorders as identified by the DSM IV as not falling into the classification of major depression.
Patients not on drugs or on drugs other than SSRIs.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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