Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression E-Book, 1st Edition

Provides guidelines for developing appropriate treatment principles, and selecting and combining the correct acupuncture points

Offers clinical guidelines for treating people with depression, including dealing with acute symptoms, assessing the risk of suicide, and when to make a prompt referral

Presents case histories, both successfully and unsuccessfully treated

Reviews definitions of depression in western psychiatry and psychology, including epidemiology, etiology, differential diagnosis and conventional treatments

Describes the causes and progression of depressive symptoms from a Chinese perspective

Outlines each specific pattern of imbalance encountered in depression, how to differentiate signs and symptoms according to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Gives a comprehensive overview of research issues in acupuncture, outlining advantages and disadvantages of different treatment study design

The design and result of the authors' pilot study, funded by the NIH, are given to illustrate a model for acupuncture treatment research.

By Rosa N. Schnyer, DiplAc Senior Research Associate, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; John J. B. Allen, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Sabrina K. Hitt, PhD, Reseach Associate, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Rachel Manber, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stanford, Stanford, CA; Ted J. Kaptchuk, OMD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA and Michael E. Thase, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA