A recent study, to be published in the March 2010 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, explored treating women with depression during pregnancy with acupuncture. The small study (150 participants) found a 63 percent response rate to the depression-specific acupuncture treatment protocols, compared to a 44 percent response rate in women treated with control acupuncture or massage.
Up to 20 percent of women may experience depression during pregnancy. Depression in pregnant mothers is linked to premature delivery and post-partum depression. The safety of antidepressant drugs during pregnancy is not completely known, so it's important to have non-pharmaceutical treatment options.
For more details, please see the story @ Medline:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_95574.html
--chris
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