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Ketamine

By Bita Moghaddam

Book information

Publisher
MIT Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780262362665, 2020010212, 9780262542241
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
530 kB (543211 bytes)
Series
MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-27 13:25:05
MED105020medicalNonfictionPSY020000PSY049000PsychiatryPsychology

Description

The emergence of ketamine—previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug—as a treatment for depression. Ketamine, approved in 2019 by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of depression, has been touted by scientists and media reports as something approaching a miracle cure. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series chronicles the ascent of a drug that has been around for fifty years—in previous incarnations, a Vietnam-era combat anesthetic and a popular club drug—that has now been reinvented as a treatment for depression. Bita Moghaddam, a leading researcher in neuropharmacology, explains the scientific history and the biology of ketamine, its clinical use, and its recently discovered antidepressant effects, for the nonspecialist reader.

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