Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression A Manual for Practice and Research 1st Edition by Rosa Schnyer, John Allen PhD, Sabrina Hitt PhD, Rachel Manber PhD, Ted Kaptchuck OMD, Michael Thase MD, John Allen ISBN 0443071314 978-0443071317

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ISBN 10: 0443071314

ISBN 13:  978-0443071317

Author: Rosa N. Schnyer, John J. B. Allen PhD, Sabrina K. Hitt PhD, Rachel Manber PhD, Ted J. Kaptchuck OMD, Michael E. Thase MD, John Allen

This pioneering book unites both Western and Traditional Chinese medicine to provide a comprehensive overview of depression from both clinical perspectives. It presents a step-by-step methodology for the evaluation treatment of this condition with acupuncture, using an experimentally tested protocol. In addition, it addresses fundamental issues in acupuncture research and offers guidelines for the design of acupuncture treatment studies.

• 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.

Table of contents: 

Background and Context

• Depression defined: symptoms, epidemiology, etiology and treatment

• Chinese medicine theory

• The etiology of depression according to traditional Chinese medicine

• The application of traditional Chinese medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of depression

• Case histories of individuals who responded to treatment

• Research considerations

• Issues in implementation

• Case histories of individuals who did not respond fully to treatment

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