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Dennis S. Charney is an American biological psychiatrist and researcher, with expertise in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. [1] He is the author of Neurobiology of Mental Illness, The Physician's Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders and Molecular Biology for the Clinician, as well as the author of over 600 original papers and chapters.
As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy.
“A provider that also has a multidisciplinary team that includes licensed therapists who are trained in this — that’s a barometer of a very high level of commitment to the best practices in ...
Esketamine, sold under the brand names Spravato (for depression) and Ketanest (for anesthesia) among others, [10] [12] is the S(+) enantiomer of ketamine. [5] [13] It is a dissociative hallucinogen drug used as a general anesthetic and as an antidepressant for treatment of depression.
Ketamine is also used to manage pain among large animals. It is the primary intravenous anesthetic agent used in equine surgery, often in conjunction with detomidine and thiopental, or sometimes guaifenesin. [173] Ketamine appears not to produce sedation or anesthesia in snails. Instead, it appears to have an excitatory effect. [174]
A new study compares ketamine with electroconvulsive therapy in people with treatment-resistant depression. The researchers identify subsets of people who respond better to ketamine and vice versa.
Classes at Mount Sinai School of Medicine began in 1968, and the school soon became known as one of the leading medical schools in the U.S., as the hospital gained recognition for its laboratories, advances in patient care and the discovery of diseases. [8] The City University of New York granted Mount Sinai's degrees. [6]
At Field Trip, a national chain of clinics that has offered ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for several mental health conditions since 2019, patients first undergo a screening to see if they ...