Researchers say a single intravenous ketamine infusion can rapidly relieve severe depression and suicidal thoughts when traditional antidepressants fail.

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Ketamine has been hailed as a fast-acting, effective treatment for major depression. But new research questions whether the drug lives up to its hype.

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive treatment for depression when medications aren't working.

Conventional antidepressants often take several weeks to produce noticeable effects, if they work at all. In that gap between starting treatment and feeling relief, symptoms can persist or even worsen ...

Difficult-to-treat depression scores predicted post-discharge functioning in patients with minimal prior treatment failures.

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