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Advances in Clinical Research on Common Mental Disorders with Computer Controlled Electro-Acupuncture Treatment

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Neurochemistry in Clinical Application

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 363))

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Depressive psychosis is a common psychological disorder. In the 1930s electric shock treatment has been generally used in the world, but was discarded due to undesired traumatic results. The last three decades, chemicals such as aminoketones, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, phenothiazines, serotonin uptake inhibitors, tetracyclics, tricyclics have been used with minimal success. These compounds all exhibit various side effects. Although the patients and their families accepted these treatments better than the electric shock but there exist many disadvantages: drugs toxicities and high recurrence rate as well as long term use of tachyphylaxis is inevitable. Recently, there is a great interest in seeking “alternative therapies”. Among the “alternative therapies” acupuncture is one that has the most scientific support.

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  1. Institute of Mental Health, Beijing Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Hechun Luo, Yunkai Jia, Xiugin Feng & Xueying Zhao

  2. SLCT Inc., P.O. Box 1634, Bethesda, MD, 20827, USA

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Luo, H., Jia, Y., Feng, X., Zhao, X., Tang, L.C. (1995). Advances in Clinical Research on Common Mental Disorders with Computer Controlled Electro-Acupuncture Treatment. In: Tang, L.C., Tang, S.J. (eds) Neurochemistry in Clinical Application. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 363. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1857-0_13

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