Description
| Product ID: | 9780262542241 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | MIT Press Essential Knowledge |
| Title: | Ketamine |
| Authors: | Author: Bita Moghaddam |
| Page Count: | 136 |
| Subjects: | Psychology, Psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The emergence of ketamine--previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug--as a treatment for depression. Ketamine, approved in 2019 by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of depression, has been touted by scientists and media reports as something approaching a miracle cure. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series chronicles the ascent of a drug that has been around for fifty years--in previous incarnations, a Vietnam-era combat anesthetic and a popular club drug--that has now been reinvented as a treatment for depression. Bita Moghaddam, a leading researcher in neuropharmacology, explains the scientific history and the biology of ketamine, its clinical use, and its recently discovered antidepressant effects, for the nonspecialist reader. |
| Imprint Name: | MIT Press |
| Publisher Name: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-16 |
