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[Ketamine infusion therapy in treatment-resistant depression]
1Neuropsychiatric Clinic "Panagia Grigorousa", Νeo Irakleion, Attika.
Abstract:
Τhe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of S-ketamine in the form of nasal spray for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression, launched a new category of therapeutic agents in psychiatry. A well-known class of substances, psychedelics, are introduced with a 30-year delay in the treatment of mental disorders. Intravenous ketamine infusion has been studied in the treatment of depression since the 1990s. Here we present the current protocol for the treatment of ketamine infusion in patients with treatment-resistant depression and related clinical information.
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