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OBJECTIVE@#To observe the clinical effects and safety on female depression treated with the combined therapy of acupuncture and the five-element music therapy.@*METHODS@#A total of 120 female patients with depression were randomized into an electroacupuncture (EA) group, an acupuncture group, a five-element music therapy group and a group of the combined therapy of acupuncture and the five-element music therapy (combined therapy group), 30 cases in each one. In the EA group, the electric stimulation of acupuncture was applied at Baihui (GV 20), Shenting (GV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Taichong (LR 3), with disperse-dense wave, 10 Hz/50 Hz, and 0.5 ms in wavelength. The needles were retained for 30 min. In the acupuncture group, the acupoints were same as the EA group, but without electric stimulation. In the five-element music therapy group, the music of tune was adopted in the treatment. In the combined therapy group, the acupuncture treatment and the five-element music therapy were same as the acupuncture group and the five-element music therapy group, in which the music therapy was followed after acupuncture treatment. The treatment was given once a day, at 2 days of interval after every 5 treatments in a week, totally for 8 weeks. The Hamilton depression scale (HAMD), Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA) before and after treatment and the treatment emergent symptom scale (TESS) after treatment were observed in each group. The clinical effects and safety were compared among the groups.@*RESULTS@#The total effective rate was 86.7% (26/30) in the combined therapy group, better than 66.7% (20/30) in the EA group, 63.3% (19/30) in the acupuncture group and 53.3% (16/30) in the five-element music therapy group (<0.01, <0.05). After treatment, HAMD and HAMA scores were all reduced obviously in the patients of the 4 groups (all <0.01), and the scores in the combined therapy group were lower than the other 3 groups (all <0.01). The TESS score in the combined therapy group was lower than the other 3 groups (all <0.01) and the score in the five-element music therapy group was lower than the EA group and the acupuncture group (both <0.01).@*CONCLUSION@#In the female patients, the combined treatment with acupuncture and the five-element music therapy obviously reduces the severity of depression and anxiety, as well as the adverse reactions. The effects are better than the simple application of EA, acupuncture or music therapy.
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Female , Humans , Acupuncture Therapy , Depression , Therapeutics , Electroacupuncture , Music TherapyABSTRACT
Objective To observe the effect of electroacupuncture(EA) in combination with small dose of clozapine on clinical symptoms of refractory schizophrenia patients so as to evaluate its validity and security.Methods Eighty schizophrenia patients were randomized into medication group and EA+medication group(n=40/group).Patients of medication group were treated with conventional oral administration of clozapine(50-100 mg/d to 200-500 mg/d,for 8 weeks) and those of EA+ medication group treated by EA of Baihui(GV 20) and bilateral Taiyang(EX-HN 5) and oral administration of clozapine(50 mg/d to 100-150 mg/d).EA was given to the patients,3 times a week for 8 weeks.Scores of the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale(PANSS) and the Untoward Effect Symptom Scale(TESS) were used to assess the therapeutic effect.Results Following treatment,PANSS scores for positive symptoms and the common psychiatric symptoms of the medication and EA+medication groups all decreased evidently from the 2rd week on(P0.05).But TESS score of EA+medication group was evidently lower than that of medication group(P
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Objective To observe the effect and safety of acupuncture treatment on refractory auditory hallucination in schizophrenia patients. Methods The 100 patients clinically diagnosed as refractory auditory hallucination of schizophrenia were randomized into test group and control group with 50 in each. The control group was treated with risperidone alone while the test group was treated with acupuncture on the basis of TCM syndrome differentiation in addition to risperidone. One month was one course,totally 3 courses of treatment was given. The clinical effect of both groups was observed. The effect in different courses of disease and the effect in different syndromes of the test group were compared respectively. Before and after treatment the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS),specific auditory hallucination scale(SAHS),and treatment emergent symptom scale (TESS) were adopted to score the patients of both groups. Results In the test group,there were 3 cases lost,the total effective rate was 72.34%; while in the control group,there was 1 case lost,the total effective rate was 38.78%,the difference being significant (P 0.05). The difference in BPRS and SHRS scores at the same period of time after 2nd and 3rd courses of treatment of the two groups was significant (P