Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope

Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by omginternets on Thursday October 19, 2023 @06:16PM (#37949510)

Nit: my feelings are closer to "we are ignoring one of possibly many useful abstractions", but otherwise yes.

If I'm being pedantic here, it's that I really don't want to downplay the importance of the pharmacological level of analysis. It's a very useful analysis. It's just not a complete theory of life well-lived.

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by photonerd on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:39PM (#37980670)

We’re not ignoring them. We’re patiently waiting for them to be proven to exist & have a demonstrable mechanism of action.

Believe me, I’d be the first to suggest they be considered if we had that. We don’t. It would be great if we did.

Until then it’s not medicine, it’s shamanism.

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