title: Clinical practice guidelines for using acupuncture to treat depression.
abstract: A clinical practice guideline of acupuncture for depression was compiled according to the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation (GRADE) method, including the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and other information about depression, while several acupuncture treatments of depression, severe depression, depression after stroke were recommended.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China. hongzhao2005@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Xiu
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: The Sixth Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: He-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Jie
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zi
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Si-Nuo
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Bao-Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Chinese medicine; acupuncture; clinical guideline; depression