Ketamine vs ECT: Andrade Editorial in Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

 Here is a new editorial from Chittaranjan Andrade:

The editorial is here.

And here:

This editorial by noted ECT scholar Chittaranjan Andrade is a good critique of the Anand et al. NEJM trial comparing ECT and IV ketamine.

I completely agree with his penultimate sentence (highlighted above). I do think his last sentence (also highlighted above), about the justification of a ketamine trial before ECT, should be qualified, noting that clinical judgment needs to be applied and that ketamine may not be appropriate for urgently ill patients.