Ketamine and Treatment-Resistant Depression

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Major depressive disorder affects tens of millions of people each year. One-third of those affected have depression that is resistant to conventional pharmacologic, psychologic, or somatic treatments. Patients with treatment-resistant depression have few remedies other than electroconvulsive therapy or transcranial magnetic stimulation. Recent research has highlighted the promising antidepressant effects of subanesthetic ketamine infusions. This journal course examines the efficacy of ketamine for treatment-resistant depression. Evidence from 10 systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials suggest that most of the researchers concluded ketamine significantly decreased depression severity ratings at short-term assessment intervals, whereas evidence examining the long-term effects is lacking. Ketamine infusion therapy was generally well tolerated, with minimal untoward effects. Large, randomized controlled trials are needed to discern the longer-term efficacy, tolerance, and dependence profiles of ketamine infusions. Optimal dosing schedules to best prolong the antidepressant effects of ketamine have yet to be determined.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:87

Enthalten in:

AANA journal - 87(2019), 5 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 411-419

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lent, Jennifer K [VerfasserIn]
Arredondo, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Pugh, Marilyn A [VerfasserIn]
Austin, Paul N [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

690G0D6V8H
Anesthetics, Dissociative
Journal Article
Ketamine
MADRS
Major depressive disorder
Refractory depression
Treatment-resistant depression

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.03.2020

Date Revised 09.03.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302195211