ketamine

After ‘Priming’ with Ketamine, Patients Receiving Self-Esteem Training Had Extended Antidepressant Benefits, Study Finds
The experimental drug ketamine has been shown to reduce symptoms of major depression, even in treatment-resistant patients, within hours of a single intravenous administration.  A medicine based… Read More
Positive Results in Trial Testing ‘Laughing Gas’ in Severely Depressed Treatment-Resistant Patients
Newly reported results of a small phase 2 clinical trial indicate the potential utility of using nitrous oxide treatments in patients with severe major depression that has not responded to other… Read More
Repeated Ketamine Infusions Over 2 Weeks Significantly Reduced Chronic PTSD Symptoms
A new window may be opening on the treatment of chronic PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Results of a newly published clinical trial suggest that repeated infusions of the drug ketamine over a… Read More
Researchers Discover a Rhythm in the Cortex Involved in Causing Dissociation
Researchers have identified cells and circuits in a specific area of the brain that are involved in generating the subjective state called dissociation. Read More
In 2 Trials, Ketamine Plus Behavioral Therapies Helped People with Cocaine and Alcohol Dependencies to Abstain
Although new knowledge about the brain’s reward circuitry has provided insight into the biology of addiction, this has not yet resulted in new treatments. In animal models of addiction, it has been… Read More