Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy combines prescribed doses of ketamine, an analgesic anesthetic with dissociative properties, with psychotherapy sessions to treat psychiatric conditions. It shows potential in treating major depressive disorder, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder and neuropathic pain. Ketamine was first used as a rapid acting antidepressant, but its hallucinogenic effects have since drawn interest in treating a wider range of mental illnesses beyond depressive symptoms, and it has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for treatment resistant depression, though the source notes that further research is still needed across other areas of use.
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy - Lead section
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is the use of prescribed doses of ketamine, an analgesic anesthetic with dissociative properties, in combination with psychotherapy for treatment of various psychiatric conditions.
Treats: Treatment-resistant depression, Article text, use for
Ketamine appears to offer promising results as an effective modality of treatment for a variety of mental conditions and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States for usage in treatment-resistant depression, but does display areas in need of further research across different domains of mental illness.
Treats: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Article text, use for
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy shows potential in treating mental disorders including major depressive disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorders, substance use disorder, and neuropathic pain.
Treats: Anorexia Nervosa, Article text, use for
Ketamine has been shown to be an effective treatment for eating disorders, particularly for anorexia nervosa.
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