Low-dose ketamine does not improve the speed of recovery from depression in electroconvulsive therapy: a randomized controlled trial

Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well-established therapeutic intervention for major depressive disorder. Recent literature has shown that the anesthetic agent ketamine has some antidepressant properties at low doses and may be an alternative therapy for treatment-resistant major depr...

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Main Author: Woolsey,Adrianna J. (author)
Other Authors: Nanji,Jalal A. (author), Moreau,Chantal (author), Sivapalan,Sudhakar (author), Bourque,Stephane L. (author), Ceccherini-Nelli,Alfonso (author), Gragasin,Ferrante S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Depressive disorder
major/drug therapy
depressive disorder
major/therapy
ketamine/therapeutic use
anesthesia/therapeutic use
electroconvulsive therapy/therapeutic use
ketamine/adverse effects
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462022000100006
Country:Brazil
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