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The Available Evidence in Support of Acupuncture for PTSD Is Limited

• We found statistically significant effects in favor of acupuncture (as adjunctive or monotherapy) versus any comparator for PTSD symptoms at postintervention and between one and six months follow-up, as well as for depressive symptoms at follow-up. However, the number of available studies is small, and the quality of evidence is low to very low.
• Safety data suggested that acupuncture is not associated with any serious adverse events, although some participants reported mild adverse events due to needling procedures. However, adverse events were not systematically collected in most studies.
• We did not identify any evidence to suggest that results differ by type of acupuncture, co-intervention status, or comparator, although these analyses are limited by the small number of identified RCTs and lack of direct comparisons.