title: [Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of depression].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for the best therapy for depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  The acupuncture group of 34 cases were treated by acupuncture at acupoints on the head as main and acupoints of the limbs as adjuvant, two treatments a week, and the control group of 30 cases by antidepressant deanxit for 5 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between the two groups in the therapeutic effect (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture and western medicine deanxit have a similar therapeutic effect on depression.
authors.affiliation: Baixia District Jianzhong Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210004, China. tianjunw@sina.com
authors.forename: Tian-jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents