Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope

Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by agumonkey on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:26PM (#37952075)

So you think the effects lie at the conceptual/existential plane of our brains rather than the neurobiological one?

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by vlunkr on Friday October 20, 2023 @12:19AM (#37952359)

Why not either? Or both?

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by omginternets on Friday October 20, 2023 @03:35PM (#37960531)

I don't think there's a neat distinction separating the two.

Or, I could have just as well answered "both, but medicine is ignoring one".

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by agumonkey on Friday October 20, 2023 @04:54PM (#37961380)

Oh to me there's an easy one:

- conceptual layer failure => asylum

- neurobio layer failure => life support

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by omginternets on Saturday October 21, 2023 @12:24PM (#37968168)

The people running the asylum reject that distinction, as do the people running the hospitals.

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by agumonkey on Sunday October 22, 2023 @08:14AM (#37974685)

care to educate me further ?

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