A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial of the Acute Antisuicidal and Antidepressant Effects of Intranasal (R,S)-Ketamine in Severe Unipolar and Bipolar Depression With and Without Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder
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Author Affiliations
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Corresponding Author: Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD, MSc, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1941 East Rd, Suite 2100, Houston, TX 77054 ([email protected]).
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