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Research Archive
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Auricular acupuncture increases health workers' ability to care
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Auricular acupuncture is an effective intervention for the relief of stress/anxiety amongst healthcare workers and supports their capacity for caring, suggests an American study.
Acupuncture plus SSRIs better for depression than drugs alone
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A pragmatic randomised controlled trial from the UK has found that acupuncture combined with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) provides significant benefits for patients with depression.
Acupuncture outperforms counselling and usual care for depressed patients with pain
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Miscellaneous
Acupuncture has been found to outperform counselling and usual care for patients suffering from depression complicated by pain.
Tai chi improves cognitive function in elders
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
Tai Chi can enhance cognitive function in older adults, particularly in the realm of executive functioning and in individuals without significant impairment, concludes a systematic review from the USA.
Acupuncture helps with premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Categories: Gynaecology, Psychological / emotional
A small Brazilian study suggests that acupuncture may be effective in treating the anxiety and depression associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Acupuncture reduces post-stroke depression
Categories: Stroke, Psychological / emotional
A pilot study carried out in Korea had found that electro-acupuncture (EA) can improve post-stroke depression (PSD), and that the treatment effect varies depending on the degree of motor function impairment of the patient.
Acupuncture reduces anxiety and improves memory
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture can improve memory and reduce anxiety, according to a study from China. Ninety undergraduate university students were assessed for state and trait anxiety before either receiving acupuncture or lying on a treatment table for 20 minutes without needle insertion. All participants then completed the state anxiety (SA) questionnaire again, after which they undertook a computerised test of ...
Adding acupuncture or counselling hastens improvement in depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Adding either acupuncture or counselling to usual care can hasten improvement in patients with persistent depression according to a large UK-based study.
Tai chi can reshape the brain
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
Chinese scientists report that long-term tai chi practice can induce regional structural changes in practitioners
Acupuncture treats sexual side-effects of antidepressants
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture has a potential role in treating the sexual side-effects of antidepressant medications, suggest researchers from Canada who carried out a pilot study.
Acupuncture improves sleep for psychiatric patients
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A small study from Hong Kong has found that acupuncture may improve sleep quality in elderly patients with dementia.
Electro-acupuncture as effective as drugs for depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Electro-acupuncture (EA) is as effective for depression as the drug fluoxetine, according to Chinese researchers. Seventy-five patients with depressive disorder (DD) were treated with either fluoxetine or acupuncture five times per week for six weeks. EA and fluoxetine were found to have similar curative effects, but EA had a faster onset of action, better response rate and better improvement rate ...
Tai chi and yoga can reduce symptoms of prenatal depression
A US team reports that practising a combination of tai chi and yoga can reduce prenatal depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances in pregnant women.
Qigong improves quality of life during radiation therapy
Researchers from the US have found that qigong practice can reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life in women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer. Ninety-six women with breast cancer were randomised to a qigong group or a waitlist control group. Women in the qigong group attended five 40-minute classes each week during their five-to-six week course of radiation therapy. Patient ...
Encouraging evidence for acupuncture in the treatment of PTSD
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Psychological / emotional
The evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is encouraging, conclude Korean authors.
Acupuncture at Yintang decreases pre-op anxiety
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A Turkish research team has found that a single session of acupuncture at Yintang (M-HN-3) can reduce preoperative anxiety in adult surgical patients.
Acupuncture enhances effect of antidepressants
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A study by Chinese researchers indicates that acupuncture can accelerate the clinical response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and prevent symptom aggravation in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). In a six-week randomised controlled trial with four-week follow-up, 160 patients with MDD were randomly assigned to receive paroxetine (PRX) alone or in combination with 18 ...
Needling Yintang N-NH-3 and Baihui DU-20 has lasting effects on brain activity
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
An fMRI study from China has found changes in brain activity following electro-acupuncture (EA) at acupoints Yintang N-NH-3 and Baihui DU-20, both of which are used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Qigong has anti-depressive effect on elders
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A pilot study from Hong Kong has provided preliminary evidence for the hypotheses that the anti-depressive effect of qigong exercise is due to improvement in psychosocial functioning and down-regulation of hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary- ...
Mental and physical activities delay cognitive decline in seniors
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Lifestyle research
Hong Kong researchers have found that taking part in mental and physical activities can delay cognitive decline in seniors with dementia.
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