Ketamine for treatment-resistant depression : neurobiology and applications /

Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Neurobiology and Applications provides a simple, evidence-based overview for neuropsychiatrists and translational researchers on this medication, its mechanisms of actions, eligibility of patients for treatment, and the preparation and implementation of k...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Vázquez, Gustavo Héctor (Editor), Zarate, Carlos A., Jr (Editor), Brietzke, Elisa (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, England : Academic Press, Elsevier, [2021]
Subjects:	Depression, Mental > Chemotherapy. Ketamine. Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant > drug therapy Ketamine Kétamine. Depression, Mental > Chemotherapy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Ketamine, Clio, and the hippocratic triangled fragments of the history of ketamine; 2. Ketamine's potential mechanism of action for rapid antidepressive effects
a focus on neuroplasticity; 3. Treatment resistant depression; 4. Suicide in psychiatric disorders: rates, risk factors, and therapeutics; 5. Overview of ketamine for major depression: efficacy and effectiveness; 6. How to implement a ketamine clinic; 7. Development of new rapid-action treatments in mood disorders; 8. Closing remarks.