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Nov 15, 20211 min

Single Infusion of Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Suicidal Thoughts

As seen in Medscape Medical News
 
By Megan Brooks
 
November 11, 2021


 

A single infusion of ketamine rapidly improves distorted thinking and reasoning to reduce suicidal thoughts, independent of the drug's effect on severe depression, new research shows.


 
"Previously it was shown that ketamine rapidly improved depression and that explained part of the rapid improvement in suicidal ideation," senior author J. John Mann, MD, with Columbia University in New York City, told Medscape Medical News. Read more....

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