Striking Similarities between Clinical and Biological Properties of Ketamine and Ethanol: Linking Antidepressant-After Effect and Burgeoning Addiction?

Udo Bonnet^1* and Norbert Scherbaum²

¹Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Academic Teaching Hospital of University of Duisburg/ Essen, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

²Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, LVR-Klinikum Essen, Hospital of University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

^*Corresponding Author: Udo Bonnet, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop- Rauxel, Grutholzallee 21, D-44577 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany Email: