Kiraly, D D
Horn, S R
Van Dam, N T
Costi, S
Schwartz, J
Kim-Schulze, S
Patel, M
Hodes, G E
Russo, S J
Merad, M
Iosifescu, D V
Charney, D S
Murrough, J W
Article History
Received: 27 July 2016
Revised: 24 January 2017
Accepted: 24 January 2017
First Online: 21 March 2017
Competing interests
: In the past 5 years, Dr Iosifescu has consulted for Avanir, Axome, CNS Response, INSYS Therapeutics, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Servier and Sunovion, and he has received grant/research support through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai from Alkermes, Astra Zeneca, Brainsway, Euthymics, Neosync, Roche and Shire. In the past 3 years, Dr Murrough has served on advisory boards for Janssen Research and Development and Genentech, has provided consultation services for ProPhase, LLC and Impel Neuropharma, and has received research support from Janssen and Avanir Pharmaceuticals; he is named on a patent pending for neuropeptide Y as a treatment for mood and anxiety disorders and on a patent pending for the combination of ketamine and lithium for suicidal ideation. He is an employee of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has received external funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dennis Charney (Dean of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been named on a use patent on ketamine for the treatment of depression. Dr Charney and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai could potentially benefit if ketamine were to gain approval for the treatment of depression. Dr Charney is named on a patent pending for ketamine as a treatment for PTSD and for neuropeptide Y as a treatment for mood and anxiety disorders. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.