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Randomized Controlled TrialDepression

Acupuncture plus wet cupping therapy for post stroke depression: a randomized controlled trial.

Acupuncture combined with wet cupping therapy produced significantly greater improvements in depression scores and neuro…

Frontiers in psychiatryRead More →
Research StudyDepression

Recent advances in the relationship between mental symptoms in postmenopausal women and estrogen fluctuations.

Menopausal women experience depression rates 2-3 times higher than premenopausal women due to estrogen fluctuations that…

Journal of psychosomatic o…Read More →
Meta-AnalysisDepression

Reassessing the burden of perinatal depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and risk factors of perinatal depressive symptom trajectories.

Nine percent of perinatal women experience persistent depression throughout pregnancy and postpartum, with distinct risk…

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Research StudyDepression

Global burden and trends of depression among women of childbearing age, 1990-2021.

Global depression rates among women of childbearing age increased 1.33% from 1990 to 2021, with the highest burden in hi…

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Systematic ReviewDepression

Acupuncture for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: An Evidence Map of Randomized Controlled Trials, Systematic Reviews, and Clinical Guidelines.

Acupuncture shows potential for reducing depressive symptom severity in major depressive disorder, particularly as adjun…

Brain and behaviorRead More →
Meta-AnalysisDepression

Comparative efficacy of acupuncture-related interventions for perimenopausal depression and anxiety: A systematic review and frequentist meta-analysis.

Electroacupuncture combined with Western medicine and manual acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medicine were the …

Complementary therapies in…Read More →
Systematic ReviewDepression

A systematic review of resting-state functional-MRI studies in the diagnosis, comorbidity and treatment of postpartum depression.

Postpartum depression shows functional brain impairments in regions overlapping with major depressive disorder, particul…

Journal of affective disor…Read More →
Meta-AnalysisDepression

Acupuncture for the anxiety and depression in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Acupuncture combined with Western medicine demonstrated superior efficacy in reducing depression and anxiety scores comp…

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Research StudyDepression

Electroacupuncture stimulation of auricular concha region improves loss of control over stress induced depression-like behavior by modulating 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A receptor.

Electroacupuncture stimulation of the auricular concha region improves stress-induced depression-like behavior primarily…

Journal of traditional Chi…Read More →
Randomized Controlled TrialDepression

Electrical acupoint stimulation for psychiatric sequelae in women victims of domestic violence: study protocol for an assessor-blind randomized controlled trial.

This study protocol proposes combining clinic-based and home-based electrical acupoint stimulation as an adjunctive trea…

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Research StudyDepression

Modulating neuroimmune function: The key in taVNS therapy for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation alleviates depression and cognitive dysfunction by inhibiting central i…

Current opinion in pharmac…Read More →
Research StudyDepression

Do immune system and microbiome-gut-brain axis interactions associate with major depressive disorder?

Gut microbiota dysbiosis triggers systemic inflammation and blood-brain barrier dysfunction through immune pathway activ…

Journal of translational m…Read More →
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