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Ketamine paired with looking at smiling faces to build positive associations holds promise for helping people with treatment-resistant depression

  • Written by Rebecca Price, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Ketamine paired with looking at smiling faces to build positive associations holds promise for helping people with treatment-resistant depressionSome of the positive photos used in the study were similar to this one -- a group of smiling strangers.Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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