Journal article
Ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression: a series of 28 patients treated weekly or twice weekly in an ECT clinic.
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BACKGROUND: Ketamine has a rapid antidepressant effect in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The effects on cognitive function of multiple ketamine infusions and of concurrent antidepressant medication on response rate and duration are not known. METHOD: Twenty-eight patients with uni- or bipolar TRD were treated over three weeks with either three or six ketamine infusions (0.5 mg/kg over 40 minutes) in the recovery room of a routine ECT clinic. Post-treatment memory assessments were condu...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Journal:
- Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 536-544
- Publication date:
- 2014-04-01
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- EISSN:
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1461-7285
- ISSN:
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0269-8811
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- English
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pubs:458835
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- pubs:458835
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- Deposit date:
- 2014-06-17
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- 2014
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