Comprehensive Acupuncture for Depressive Disorder With Comorbid Psychogenic Pain

Comprehensive Acupuncture for Depressive Disorder With Comorbid Psychogenic Pain: Randomized Controlled Study

Experimental and clinical studies have indicated that acupuncture has a good effect for depression and comorbid pain. The purpose of this research is to compare the effect of comprehensive electro-acupuncture therapy and western medicine citalopram for for depressive disorder with comorbid psychogenic pain. This research is a assessor blinded, randomized controlled trials. 60 patients will be randomly divided into comprehensive electro-acupuncture group and western medicine citalopram for 8 weeks treatment and the therapeutic effect is done at the end of 1,2,4,6,8 week.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Conform with the diagnostic criteria of depression according to DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM-5TM)
• Age from 18 to 50 year-old
• Patients with the first onset depression
• Patients with mild-to-moderate depression scored 12-30 by Montgomery scale
• Patients with one psychogenic pain at least, and the degree of VAS is 3 or more
• Volunteer participants willing to cooperate and obeying the treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant woman
• Patients with severe primary diseases and acute diseases of heart, brain, liver, kidney and hematopoietic systems and infectious disease, malignant tumor
• Patients who can't stop taking drugs according to the requirement in the treatment period
• Patients with a history of schizophrenia and other mental disorders
• Patients with cognitive impairment or personality disorders
• Patients have serious suicide idea or suicidal behavior