Despite continued psychopharmacological and/or psychotherapeutic treatment of depression, relapse rates are high. Gallagher and associates20 focused on the long-term prognosis for patients with depression who were successfully treated with acupuncture in the study by Allen and colleagues9 described previously. Seventeen of 26 patients had achieved full remission during the acute phase of that study.
In the follow-up phase, 26 participants were assessed using a Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM after 6 months of treatment. Four (24%) of the 17 women who achieved full remission after specific acupuncture experienced recurrence of depression within 6 months. Six of the 9 patients with partial remission (67%) also had a major depressive episode during the 6-month follow-up period.
This study indicates that response rates and relapse rates with acupuncture are comparable to those with traditional treatments of depression. Smith and Hay21 also found no evidence that medications are better than acupuncture in helping patients achieve remission or in preventing relapse.
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