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Comparing the Cognitive Effects of Repeated Intravenous Ketamine and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression

Kristina T. Kumpf, Samuel T. Wilkinson, Bo Hu, Ruoying Chen, Kamini Krishnan, Shinjon Chakrabarti, et al.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

This secondary analysis of a multisite randomized trial compared cognitive effects of repeated IV ketamine (six treatments) and electroconvulsive therapy (nine sessions) in 365 people with treatment-resistant depression. After the 3-week treatment course, the ECT group did worse than the ketamine group on four objective cognitive tests (P < .001).…

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