Acupuncture for depression

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Smith, Caroline A ^a   Armour, Mike ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b   Wang, Li Qiong ^c   Hay, Phillipa J ^d,e  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE EVENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MONTGOMERY-ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925062456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004046.pub4     Document Type: Review

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