Key Points Question For inpatients with moderate to severe depression, is repeated intravenous ketamine superior to a psychoactive placebo (midazolam) in reducing depressive symptoms? Findings In this randomized clinical trial, there was no statistically significant difference in the primary outcome, end-of-treatment Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale score, between the ketamine and...
Scientific materialism and Eastern monistic ideologies have a complicated relationship, as this study shows. While typically seen as incompatible, these worldviews share surprising similarities and moments of convergence. Both views are used to examine consciousness, reality, and mind-matter connections. Based on seminal works in scientific materialism, quantum physics, and Eastern...