Determina la eficacia de la acupuntura en mejorarlos síntomas depresivos, calidad de sueño y de vida, en pacientes con depresión refractaria en el Hospital Hermilio Valdizán, Lima 2022 a 2023. Los trastornos del estado del ánimo son bastante prevalentes en la población general. En múltiples estudios realizados, la depresión mayor tiene la prevalencia más alta a lo largo de la vida (casi un17%) entre todos los trastornos psiquiátricos. AunqueendefinitivaexistauntratamientoeficazparatratarlaDepresión, en muchos casos se observa que los síntomas no remiten completamente y que muchas de estas personas persisten con síntomas depresivos que afectan su calidad de vida a pesar de recibir el tratamiento estándar con dosis óptimas de antidepresivos. Muchas personas con depresión son consideradas refractarias a los tratamientos convencionales, por lo cual se hace imprescindible busc...

Objectives: To describe knowledge and prejudices about mental health and to determine if there is any association between demographic characteristics, health knowledge and prejudices on mental health.   Materials and Method: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Three vignettes describing typical cases of depression, panic disorder, and schizophrenia were elaborated, and questions were asked about them. Vignettes and their questions were validated by a group of experts. Each vignette and its questions were administered to 151 relatives of persons attending the outpatient clinic for conditions other than psychiatric disorders, so 453 individual vignettes were assessed.   Results: For cases of panic disorder, interviewees preferred patients should be seen by a specialized non-psychiatrist physician (76,0%), and they also considered these patients might die because of an un...

Objectives: To describe knowledge and prejudices about mental health and to determine if there is any association between demographic characteristics, health knowledge and prejudices on mental health.   Materials and Method: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Three vignettes describing typical cases of depression, panic disorder, and schizophrenia were elaborated, and questions were asked about them. Vignettes and their questions were validated by a group of experts. Each vignette and its questions were administered to 151 relatives of persons attending the outpatient clinic for conditions other than psychiatric disorders, so 453 individual vignettes were assessed.   Results: For cases of panic disorder, interviewees preferred patients should be seen by a specialized non-psychiatrist physician (76,0%), and they also considered these patients might die because of an un...