Ketamine 'exciting' depression therapy
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News
Lead researcher Dr Rupert McShane said: "It really is dramatic for some people, it's the sort of thing really that makes it worth doing psychiatry, it's a really wonderful thing to see. He added: "[The patients] say 'ah this is how I used to think' and the relatives say 'we've got him (or her) back'." Dr McShane said this included patients who had lived with depression for 20 years
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