Trial reportMedicine2018
Electro-acupuncture improves psychiatric symptoms, anxiety and depression in methamphetamine addicts during abstinence: A randomized controlled trial.
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- Effectiveness of electroacupuncture on anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical and Economic Evaluation of Acupuncture for Opioid-Dependent Patients Receiving Methadone Maintenance Treatment: The Integrative Clinical Trial and Evidence-Based Data.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- Cortical morphological alterations in methamphetamine-induced psychosis: a surface-based morphometry study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture attenuates anxiety caused by chronic mild stress through inhibiting NOX2-derived oxidative stress in ventral hippocampus.Neurobiology of stress · 2025Article
- Mechanistic study on electroacupuncture-regulated circadian autophagy for inhibiting ferroptosis in hippocampal neurons and alleviating depression-like behaviors in adulthood induced by early chronic sleep deprivation.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Therapy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
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- Dysrhythmic saliva microbiota in mobile phone addicts with sleep disorders and restored by acupuncture.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Electroacupuncture regulates gut microbiota to reduce depressive-like behavior in rats.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Methamphetamine (MA) use and MA-induced psychosis are associated with increasing aberrations in the compensatory immunoregulatory system, interleukin-1α, and CCL5 levels.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
- Electroacupuncture alleviated depression-like behaviors in ventromedial prefrontal cortex of chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced rats: Increasing synaptic transmission and phosphorylating dopamine transporter.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2023Article
- Prevalence and characteristics of anxiety in patients with unconfirmed pulmonary nodules.The clinical respiratory journal · 2023Article
- The association of FKBP5 polymorphisms with the severity of depressive disorder in patients with methamphetamine use disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Dopamine receptor 1 on CaMKII-positive neurons within claustrum mediates adolescent cocaine exposure-induced anxiety-like behaviors and electro-acupuncture therapy.Theranostics · 2023Article
- The Role of Acupuncture in Treating a Patient with a Gambling Disorder.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
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- Publication Trends in Rehabilitative Effects of Acupuncture: A Visual Analysis of the Literature.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Effect of acupuncture for non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Decision tree model based prediction of the efficacy of acupuncture in methadone maintenance treatment.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Effects of Electroacupuncture Combined With Psychological Intervention on Depressive Status and Contingent Negative Variation in Patients With Internet Addiction Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt aimed to observe the effect of electro-acupuncture on the improvement of psychiatric symptoms, as well as anxiety and depression in methamphetamine (MA) addicts during abstinence using randomized controlled trials.
methodsAll patients in the present study received compulsory drug detoxification in Shanghai Drug Rehabilitation Center. All patients were enrolled consecutively from June 2014 to February 2015; data collection was completed in March 2015. According to the randomized, single-blind and control principle, 68 men MA addicts were randomly divided into 2 groups: electro-acupuncture (EA) and sham electro-acupuncture (sham-EA) groups. Patients were given 20 minutes EA or sham-EA treatment every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with a total of 4 weeks. Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) were used to evaluate the patients' psychotic symptoms, anxiety and depression before treatment and after receiving treatment with 1 to 4 weeks, respectively.
resultsEA could effectively improve the symptoms of psychosis, anxiety, and depression during abstinence in patients with MA addiction. In terms of PANSS score, the scores for positive symptoms and general psychopathological symptoms in patients after receiving 1 to 4 weeks of treatment were significantly decreased compared with the control group, while the score for negative symptoms was significantly decreased after receiving 2 and 4 weeks of treatment. For the HAMA score, the psychotic anxiety scores in patients receiving 1 to 4 weeks of treatment were significant lower than the control group. In terms of HAMD score, there was a significant reduction in anxiety/somatization and sleep disturbance scores after the 4 weeks of EA treatment.
conclusionElectroacupuncture helps to improve psychiatric symptoms and anxiety and depression in MA addicts during abstinence, and promote rehabilitation of patients.
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