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Daniel Keane

Ketamine ‘nearly as effective at treating depression than EC therapy’, study finds

Ketamine is almost as effective as a treatment for depression as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), according to a new study.

Scientists in India compared the efficacy of the dissociative drug with ECT, which is routinely used in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses.

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