1241: Ketamine | Skeptical Sunday

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And while that's true, Ketamine is actually doing a lot of work helping people with depression, chronic pain, PTSD, and other ailments, both physical and psychological, that are resistant to other kinds of treatments. Not everyone with severe depression is going to respond to things like talk therapy or even medication, or even more extreme treatments like electroshock therapy, which by the way is real and still exists. You might have even seen the headlines like the mental health revolution or a cure in a syringe or tripping to heal. But what if it's not all that simple?

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