Today's High Note- Ketamine

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January 30, 2012, 9:56 am

Although antidepressants like Prozac have been around since the 1970s, they usually take weeks to make a difference. And for up to 40 percent of patients, they simply don't work.

As a result, there are limited options when patients show up in an emergency room with suicidal depression.

'A Completely Different Mechanism'

A growing number of scientists think it won't be long before psychiatric care is transformed.

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