Moderate Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine (Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The scores of HAMD-17 are higher than 17 and less than 24 in the patients who meet the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria of depressive episode and are initially diagnosed as moderate depressive episode; 2. Patients aged 18-55 years; 3. Patients who have no history of serious brain organic diseases and body diseases, and can understand the scale content and cooperate with the treatment; 4. Patients without previous mental history; 5. Right handed patients; 6. Patients who do not drink caffeinated drinks, drink or smoke during the intervention period; 7. Patients with the first moderate depression attack who did not use SSRIs antidepressants or drugs that affect cognitive function within 4 weeks or who stopped using other antidepressants for more than 1 week; 8. Patients who voluntarily participate in clinical research and agree to sign informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with organic mental disorders or depression related to psychoactive substances and non addictive substances; 2. Patients with other family history of mental illness, such as dementia, schizophrenia, mania, addiction, etc; 3. Patients who have a history of mania or hypomania; 4. Patients who have recently taken drugs that may cause emotional disorders, such as blood benefit equality; 5. Pregnant or lactating women; 6. Patients with vision and hearing impairment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| HAMD-17; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| BDI-13;Evaluation of acupuncture expectation; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWenbin Fu
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine (Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine)
Outcome results
None listed