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The FDA has approved a whole new class of antidepressant, and ultrasounds might be far more useful than we thought. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Ketamine: https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm632761.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/depression-treatment-ketamine-fda.html?module=inline https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/health/depression-drugs-ketamine.html https://www.livescience.com/64937-ketamine-nasal-spray-depression.html https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24789696 https://www.nature.com/articles/tp201733 https://www.bap.org.uk/pdfs/Veterinary_use_of_ketamine_KC.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0004867416631828 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961540/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424898/ http://www.janssenlabels.com/package-insert/product-monograph/prescribing-information/SPRAVATO-pi.pdf Ultrasound: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08721-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08750-9 http://jem.rupress.org/content/jem/209/6/1057.full.pdf https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03690466?term=NCT03690466&rank=1 Images: https://www.videoblocks.com/video/ultrasonic-diagnostic-procedure-m9-d7fv https://www.bartleby.com/107/illus793.html https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/human-brain-and-vagus-nerve-stimulation-vns-image-illustration-gm656606914-119663989 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bear_2_transport_day_ultrasound_2_(28050537879).jpg
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