Research Review: Ketamine vs ECT for Treatment-Resistant Depression: New Insights from the ELEKT-D Trial

Dr. Weiner explores a recently published secondary analysis of a trial that compared ketamine to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment-resistant depression, finding that ECT and ketam!ne both effective long-term, with moderate to severe depression patients having faster improvement with ketamine, and very severe depression responding faster to ECT.

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Research Review: Is Off-Label Repeat Prescription of Ketamine as a Rapid Antidepressant Safe?

Dr. Weiner reviews a recently published deep dive into ketamine's use as a rapid antidepressant, exploring its potential and pitfalls and highlighting therapeutic effects, ethical concerns, and safety issues in treatment-resistant depression.

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