Experts caution against widespread use due to a potential for tolerance, abuse, and dependence AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Washington, D.C., — A new study appearing online today from the American Journal of Psychiatry finds that ketamine’s acute antidepressant effect requires opioid system activation, the first time that a receptor site has been shown in humans to be necessary...
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Building an Antidepressant Diet
Researchers find that eating these foods can reduce depression. A recent study in BMC Medicine has found that changing your diet could significantly improve your mood. The link between food and mood is part of an emerging field of psychiatry called “nutritional psychiatry.” There is growing scientific evidence that what we eat significantly impacts our emotions and well-being. The randomized controlled study of 67 participants examined the...
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Breakthrough study finds new mechanism explaining ketamine’s antidepressant effects
A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago has uncovered a new mechanism that helps explain the remarkably rapid, and long-lasting, antidepressant effects of the controversial drug ketamine. The exciting research reveals the drug operates in a similar way to conventional SSRI antidepressants, except is it significantly more effective. The same mechanism explaining how SSRI antidepressants function...