Ketamine Can Treat Depression as Effectively as Electroconvulsive Therapy : ScienceAlert
The "dissociative anesthetic" ketamine looks ever more promising as a safe and effective treatment for intractable depression.A new randomized trial from researchers in the United States has shown that injections of ketamine are at least as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) when treating non-psychotic forms of major depression.After starting ECT or ketamine therapy, patients in the trial reported an almost immediate improvement in the quality of their lives. Side effects like nausea and poor memory were common…