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|Videos|October 7, 2020
Using the New Indication for Esketamine to Treat Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Author(s)Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD
Dr Sanacora discusses the new indication for esketamine, SPRAVATO®, and how it might be used to treat patients with Major Depressive Disorder with acute risk of suicide ideation.
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Dr Sanacora is a Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University, Director of the Yale Depression Research Program, and Co-Director of the Yale New Haven Hospital Interventional Psychiatry Service.
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