Dr. Zarate said experimenting with novel approaches was crucial because the current crop of antidepressant drugs worked slowly and weakly, if at all, for millions of patients.

• 扎拉博士说,新的治疗方法的实验至关重要,因为现行的抗抑郁剂药物对数百万的患者来讲,即便有效,其效果也很慢,作用也很小。