Effects of an Integrative Treatment Model to Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Minor Mental Health Problems and Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Conventional treatment

Person-centred dialogue combined with therapeutic acupuncture (mild manual acupuncture with deqi). Eight individual sessions, once a week, duration approximately 60 minutes

Eight individual sessions, once a week, with therapeutic acupuncture. The participants received acupuncture needles in the appropriate acupuncture points, in the same way as the integrative treatment model, but without person-centred dialogue.