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Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Depression (economics) New England Journal of Medicine

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Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression

Amit Anand, Sanjay J. Mathew, Gerard Sanacora, James W. Murrough, Fernando S. Goes, Murat Altinay, et al.
New England Journal of Medicine Summary & key facts 2023 233 citations

Researchers ran a clinical trial that directly compared ketamine treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in people whose major depression had not improved with other treatments and who did not have psychosis. The trial found that ketamine was “noninferior” to ECT, which means ketamine worked at least as well as ECT…

Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Treatment of Major Depression Tryptophan and brain disorders Ketamine
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