Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
Shanghai Huangpu Mental Health Center
Age
25–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Diagnosis with schizophrenia (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition);
Continuous use of antipsychotics for more than one year (may be combined with mood stabilizers, antianxiety medications, antidepressants, and benzodiazepines);
Abdominal obesity (central obesity): waist circumference ≥90cm for men or ≥85cm for women (Chinese Standard);
All participants and their guardians signed informed consent.
You may not be if
Had various traditional Chinese medicine or chemical drugs, or acupuncture treatments for central obesity within two weeks before enrollment;
Pregnant or lactating woman;
Organic mental disorders and mental disorders induced by psychoactive and non-addictive substances;
With other diseases affecting their mental state (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, stroke, painful joint diseases, severe psychiatric diseases, tumors, and other physical diseases)
Severe liver and kidney insufficiency or other serious diseases of the system;
With a family history of metabolic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia;
Acupuncture dizziness, needle phobia, and other intolerant acupuncture treatment;
Patients who are not treated according to the regulations, cannot determine the efficacy or have incomplete data affecting the efficacy and safety evaluation.
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