Behavioral and Electrophysiological Effects of Ketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression

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• Serious or unstable medical illness, including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory, endocrine, neurologic or hematologic disease;
• History of seizure disorder;
• History or current diagnosis of any of the following DSM-5 psychiatric illnesses: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, psychotic disorders not otherwise specified, substance abuse disorder;
• Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with dissociation;
• Patients with a lifetime history of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
• Participants with a lifetime history of ketamine use.

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• Clinical or laboratory evidence of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, or other thyroid disorder that is not controlled by medication;

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• Substance use assessed by physician as dangerous for ketamine treatment;
• Untreated glaucoma;

• All genders, races, and ethnic origins, aged between 18 and 70;
• DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for MDD (diagnosed with the use of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5));
• A score of ≥32 on the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Clinician Rated (IDS-C30).
• Capable of providing written informed consent, and fluent in English;
• Right-handed;
• Treatment Resistant (as assessed using the MGH Antidepressant Response Questionnaire)
• Have already decided to receive ketamine treatment as part of their standard clinical care
• All genders, races, and ethnic origins, aged between 18 and 70;
• Absence of medical, neurological, and psychiatric illness (including alcohol and substance abuse), as assessed by subject history and a structured clinical interview (SCID-I/NP);
• A baseline Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) score ≤ 5;
• A baseline Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) score ≤ 7;
• Capable of providing written informed consent, and fluent in English;
• Right-handed;
• No first-degree relative with mood or psychotic disorder.