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

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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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