YAN Shaoxiao, ZHAO Xia, LYU Menghan, et al. Clinical Observation on Modified TCM Emotional Therapy with Antidepressant in Treating 34 Cases of Depression[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2016, 57(6): 484-488.
YAN Shaoxiao, ZHAO Xia, LYU Menghan, et al. Clinical Observation on Modified TCM Emotional Therapy with Antidepressant in Treating 34 Cases of Depression[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2016, 57(6): 484-488.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2016.06.010.
Clinical Observation on Modified TCM Emotional Therapy with Antidepressant in Treating 34 Cases of Depression
Objective To explore and discuss the effect of modified TCM emotional therapy( MTET) with antidepressant on symptoms and psychological function of patients suffering from depression. Methods Randomly divided 86 cases of patients suffering from depression into the control group and the treatment group
with 43 cases each. All patients were given normal antidepressant for treatment. The control group was given normal supportive psychotherapy at the same time
once every week
30 min each time. The treatment group was given MTET for treatment at the same time
once every week
30 to 40 min each time. Both groups were treated for 8 weeks. Before treatment and at the second
forth
eighth week of treatment respectively
adopted Hamilton Depression Scale 17 item( HAMD-17)
Hamilton Anxiety Scale( HAMA)
self-rating depression scale( SDS)
self-rating anxiety scale( SAS) for grading. Adopted index of well-being( IWB)
simplified coping style questionnaire( SCSQ)
The self-esteem scale( SES) for evaluating psychological function. Results There were 36 cases in the control group and 34 cases in the control group finished the experiment. HAMD-17
HAMA
SDS and SAS grading at the 2th
4th
8th week of treatment of two groups all remarkably decreased compared with that before treatment( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). Compared with the control group
HAMD-17
SDS and SAS grading of the treatment group at the second week of treatment remarkably decreased( P < 0. 01); At the 4th and 8th week of treatment
HAMD-17
HAMA
SDS and SAS grading of the treatment group were remarkably lower than that of the control group( P < 0. 01). After being treated for 8weeks
only IWB grading in the control group increased compared with that before treatment( P < 0. 05); Grading of positive coping of SCSQ
IWB and SES of the treatment group increased; Negative coping grading of SCSQ decreasing( P < 0. 01); Grading of positive coping of SCSQ
IWB and SES of the treatment group after treatment were all remarkably higher than the control group
while negative coping grading of SCSQ was lower than that of the control group( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). Conclusion Clinical curative effects of MTET with antidepressant treating depression was superior to that of antidepressant only. It could remarkably improve psychopathology related to depression.
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