Combining Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) with Conventional Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder.
Adv Exp Med Biol
; 1456: 93-126, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
For many of the complementary and alternative (CAM) medicine methods, it is biologically plausible to expect that they could provide additional benefits in the treatment of major depressive disorder (e.g., enhanced initial response, augmentation, and tolerability) when combined with conventional treatments. Although most likely not comprehensively, herein we critically review current explicit clinical data pertaining to the most extensively evaluated CAMs in this setting:
physical activity/exercise, mind and body methods, acupuncture, light therapy, diet, probiotics, various nutrients, and herbal preparations. While the absolute amount of data is enormous, the number of reliable primary studies (randomized controlled trials) and, particularly, meaningful meta-analyses of such studies are very limited. Consequently, the certainty of evidence about benefit or no benefit is very low for each of the addressed CAMs.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapias Complementarias
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Trastorno Depresivo Mayor
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Adv Exp Med Biol
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Croacia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos