Research at Gateway

At Gateway we will use research to improve our service and try to help improve access - as many people who would like to receive acupuncture treatment simply cannot afford it. This is 'practice based evidence' rather than 'evidence based practice' and it is much needed in the current UK context where acupuncture practitioners have a limited input into the research process.

We will use validated outcome measures and you may be asked to complete brief questionnaires. This will allow us to acurately monitor your health and may help you decide whether the treatment is benefiting you and is worthwhile.

PUBLICATIONS

Schroer and Adamson (in press) book chapter in edited volume entitled Acupuncture: Practices, Benefits and Limitation; Evaluating acupuncture for depression and identifying a therapeutic niche in the UK context: a mixed method approach. Advances in Medicine and Biology – Vol 39

Schroer S, Kanaan M, MacPherson H and Adamson J (2011). Acupuncture for depression: exploring model validity and the related issue of credibility in the context of designing a pragmatic RCT. CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Schroer S and Adamson J (2010) Acupuncture for depression: a critique of the evidence base CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Schroer, S; MacPherson, H and Adamson, J (2009) Designing a RCT of acupuncture for depression - identifying appropriate patient groups: a qualitative study. Family Practice 2009 Jun;26(3):188-95.

Schroer S and MacPherson, H . (2009) Acupuncture, or non-directive counselling versus usual care for the treatment of depression: a pilot study. Trials 2009 10 (3)

MacPherson H and Schroer S. (2006) Acupuncture as a complex intervention for depression: A consensus method to develop a standardised treatment protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2006;15(2): 92-100

Schroer, S. (2005) Acupuncture narratives: patients explanatory models of acupuncture. European Journal of Oriental Medicine 5 (1): 34-43

Lo, V. and Schroer, S. (2005) Deviant Airs in “Traditional” Chinese medicine in Asian Medicine and Globalization (Ed, J, Alter). Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Press.

Schroer, S. (2004) Polluted bodies, individual responsibility and personal blame: A study of contemporary practice in the European context in relation to the Chinese medical concept of Xie. European Journal of Oriental Medicine 4 (5): 40-45

Sylvia Schroer was series editor for the UK, Australia and South Africa of the Chinese Medicine Cures books by Bob Flaws published by Foulsham. Titles include: PMS, Asthma and Hayfever, Depression, Arthritis, Headaches and Insomnia.