Rapid effectiveness of intravenous ketamine for ultraresistant depression in a clinical setting and evidence for baseline anhedonia and bipolarity as clinical predictors of effectiveness.
Journal of Psychopharmacology October 2018 Rejish K Thomas, Glen B. Baker, John Lind et al.
Intravenous ketamine has been established as an efficacious and safe treatment, with transient effect, for treatment-resistant depression. However, the effectiveness of intravenous ketamine in non-research settings and with ultraresistant depression patients remains understudied. This study aims to measure the response and remission rates in ultraresistant depression patients in a clinical...
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Ketamine
Treatment-resistant depression
Intravenous
Predictors
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