Ketamine’s double-edged sword: Therapeutic benefits and adverse events in adolescent treatment-resistant OCD - A case series

Ketamine’s double-edged sword: Therapeutic benefits and adverse events in adolescent treatment-resistant OCD - A case series

Background: About one-third of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases show poor response to first-line treatments. Ketamine’s role in modulating glutamate, implicated in OCD pathogenesis, warrants investigation. Cases: Four adolescents with treatment-resistant OCD received ketamine infusion (0.5...

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Main Authors: Suparna Kumar, Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik, Udit Kumar Panda, Tanya Dixit, Aashi Srivastava, Shounak Pal, Bhagyashree Acharya, Meghal Gulati, Jayaprakash Russell Ravan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-06-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
adolescent
adverse effects
case series
glutamate
ketamine
nmda antagonist
treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry_1144_24
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