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Ketamine edges out ECT for refractory depression

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Ketamine is gaining ground to replace electroconvulsive therapy and the safer, more effective treatment for refractory depression. A single “ketamine infusion showed similar probability of suicidal ideation reduction as a full course of ECT”   Electroconvulsive therapy and ketamine both work well for refractory depression, but ketamine had the edge in a small, open label […]