This study seems inherently flawed to me, how are you isolating what is happening while simultaneously administering other brain—chemistry altering drugs to the patient? These patients are all undergoing surgery, yet another variable with drastic consequences on mental health. Just taking the drug alone doesn’t even seem to accurately reflect the primary treatment path of having talk therapy while the drug is taking effect. What if the anesthesia simply inhibits the drug from working? Additionally the sample size (40 people) is extremely small to extrapolate this to the general population. I’m not sure how these flaws can be reconciled.
