Acupuncture is effective for Depression

A meta-analysis of eight small randomised controlled trials, involving 477 patients and studying whether acupuncture is effective for depression, concluded that acupuncture was a useful treatment that could significantly reduce the severity of depression.

(Is Acupuncture Beneficial in Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Eight Randomised Controlled Trials? Journal of Affective Disorders, December 2008.)

Author: Robin Costello

I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training. I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.