Acupuncture Treatment of Depression in Epilepsy Children and Adolescent’s Parents

Objectives : To assess and compare the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment of depression in epilepsy children and adolescent's parents.Methods : 20 cases of depression in epilepsy children and adolescent's parents were investigated in Southern TCM Centre, Southern University College, Malaysia.Subjects were randomly divided into two groups; Acupuncture treatment group and Herbal medication treatment group.Family relationships questionnaires and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale were used before, after 4 weeks and 8 weeks treatments in order to investigate the effectiveness of treatment.Results : After 4 weeks Acupuncture treatment group showed significant reduction in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.On the other hand, after 8 weeks both groups showed significant reduction in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.Conclusions : The result suggests that the effectiveness of Acupuncture treatment is comparable with treat of Herbal medication treatment to reduce parent's Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.