{"id":16565,"date":"2014-04-01T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T17:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2014-04-02T09:41:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T13:41:30","slug":"acupuncture-enhances-antidepressant-effect-of-seroxat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2014\/04\/acupuncture-enhances-antidepressant-effect-of-seroxat\/","title":{"rendered":"Acupuncture enhances antidepressant effect of Seroxat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Neural Regeneration Research media release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/depressed_bullied_worker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10540\" alt=\"depression\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/depressed_bullied_worker.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Acupuncture is more effective than oral antidepressants in improving depressive symptoms, and produces fewer side effects than tricyclic antidepressants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the continued development of antidepressants and alternative\/synergistic therapies, major depressive disorder has not been comprehensively recognized and treatment outcome is often insufficient. <strong>An epidemiological study addressing depression showed that poor recognition and treatment are largely linked to the lack of an accurate assessment tool and to patients&#8217; economic situation<\/strong>. Prof. Yong Huang and team from Southern Medical University in China compared the clinical efficacy of acupuncture\/electroacupuncture combined with an antidepressant drug, with that of an antidepressant drug alone, using the Symptom Checklist-90.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that <strong>administration of Seroxat alone or in combination with acupuncture\/electroacupuncture can produce a significant effect in patients with primary unipolar depression<\/strong>. Furthermore, acupuncture\/electroacupuncture has a rapid onset of therapeutic effect and produces a noticeable improvement in obsessive-compulsive, depressive and anxiety symptoms. These findings have been published in the Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 9, No. 2, 2014).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Article: &#8220;Acupuncture\/electroacupuncture enhances anti-depressant effect of Seroxat: the Symptom Checklist-90 scores&#8221; by Junqi Chen<sup>1<\/sup>, Weirong Lin<sup>2<\/sup>, Shengxu Wang<sup>3<\/sup>, Chongqi Wang<sup>3<\/sup>, Ganlong Li<sup>1<\/sup>, Shanshan Qu<sup>3<\/sup>, Yong Huang<sup>3<\/sup>, Zhangjin Zhang<sup>4<\/sup>, Wei Xiao<sup>3<\/sup> (<sup>1<\/sup> The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; <sup>2<\/sup> The Shenzhen TCM hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China; <sup>3<\/sup> School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; <sup>4<\/sup> School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China)<\/p>\n<p>Chen JQ, Lin WR, Wang SX, Wang CQ, Li GL, Qu SS, Huang Y, Zhang ZJ, Xiao W. Acupuncture\/electroacupuncture enhances anti-depressant effect of Seroxat: the Symptom Checklist-90 scores. <em>Neural Regen Res<\/em>. 2014;9(2):213-222.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Neural Regeneration Research media release: Acupuncture is more effective than oral antidepressants in improving depressive symptoms, and produces fewer side effects than tricyclic antidepressants. 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