Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a #Depression Drug

"'[G]o back and look at #trauma without fear.' It allowed people to fully face the terror and agony of their own distressing memories. The importance patients placed on these stories didn't entirely mesh with the notion that #ketamine merely improved your mood. They suggested that the drug acted on other dimensions of the self as well."

https://www.wired.com/story/ketamine-stirs-up-hope-controversy-as-a-depression-drug

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