针灸治疗中风后抑郁的临床研究进展

Progress of Clinical Research on Acupuncture Therapy for Post-Stroke Depression

摘要: 中风后抑郁(Post-Stoke Depression, PSD)是中风后常见的精神心理并发症之一，大约有三分之一的中风幸存者在中风后都患有抑郁症，对中风后的病程、康复和预后都有重要影响，给患者的生活和家庭带来了极大负担。近来，随着中风患者的增多，PSD的发病率亦有逐年增加的趋势，这引起越来越多学者的关注和探索，针灸治疗中风后抑郁具有疗效肯定、便捷安全、副作用少等优势，在临床上应用广泛。本文总结了针灸治疗中风后抑郁的病因病机及临床研究进展，希望能对临床治疗及研究提供一些思路。

Abstract: Post-stroke depression (PSD) is one of the common mental and psychological complications after stroke. About one-third of stroke survivors suffer from depression after stroke, which has a significant impact on the course, recovery and prognosis after stroke, and brings a great burden to patients’ lives and families. Recently, with the increase of stroke patients, the incidence of PSD has also increased year by year, which has attracted more and more scholars’ attention and exploration, acupuncture treatment of post-stroke depression has positive effects, convenient and safe, few side effects and other advantages, and is widely used in clinical practice. This article summarized the etiology, pathogenesis and clinical research progress of acupuncture treatment of post-stroke depression, hoping to provide some ideas for clinical treatment and research.