Efficacy of ketamine therapy in the treatment of depression
Indian Journal of Psychiatry 2019 Suprio Mandal, VinodKumar Sinha, Nishant Goyal 92 citations
BACKGROUND: Severe depressive disorder is among most debilitating condition. Conventional pharmacotherapy usually takes several weeks (usually 4-12 weeks) to improve symptoms. Ketamine is an N-methyl-D aspartate receptor antagonist having rapid action on depressive symptoms. OBJECTIVES: The effect of subanesthetic dose of ketamine was assessed on depressive and anxiety symptoms. Illness...