Laughing gas improves the symptoms of severe depression. HA!

[ScottMentalPod]

I've seen someone with severe depression lose his memory after electric shock therapy. It's not pretty. This sounds like a much safer funnier approach. I need to tell my dentist about this.

New Depression Treatment So Obvious You Won’t Believe It’s NEVER Been Tried Before
http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/12/new-de ... before.php

Laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, improves the symptoms of severe depression, according to a new pilot study.

Of the 20 patients with treatment-resistant depression in the study, two-thirds were significantly improved after inhaling nitrous oxide, while only one-third improved after breathing a placebo gas.

[Warning: Do not use nitrous oxide recreationally. In this study it was administered under controlled conditions by professionals.]