Ketamine Outperforms Shock Therapy for Depression: Study #shorts

The desensitizing drug ketamine helped more people overcome treatment-resistant depression symptoms than electroconvulsive (shock) therapy, according to a new study.

More than half of people with depression who didn’t respond to antidepressants saw improvement in their symptoms after getting twice weekly ketamine infusions, while 41% of people treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) saw improvement.

Ketamine causes a psychedelic effect called disassociation and has been shown in previous studies to have a rapid impact on depression symptoms. ECT therapy passes small electric currents through the brain and triggers a short seizure, and it’s believed to change brain chemistry linked to mental health. #ketaminetherapy #ketamine #mentalhealth #electroshock #depression #webmd #shorts