Use of Ketamine in Elderly Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression.
Current Psychiatry Reports November 15, 2017 Carolina Medeiros da Frota Ribeiro, Patricio Riva-Posse
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the use of ketamine as an antidepressant for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in the geriatric population. Available treatment options for late-life treatment-resistant depression are limited and include electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation as well as possible pharmacologic augmentation. Ketamine has been shown...
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-017-0855-x (opens in new tab)
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Depression
Ketamine
Antidepressants
Elderly
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