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JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-022-00588-9
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Ketamine; Psychotherapy; Feeding and eating disorders; Depression; Anxiety; Case series
This study assessed the use of group-based ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (G-KAP) in intensive residential treatment for eating disorders. The results showed that G-KAP had positive effects on depression and anxiety symptoms, was well tolerated, and feasible to implement in a residential treatment setting.
Background Depression and anxiety outcome measures, safety/tolerability, patient satisfaction, and ease of implementation of group-based ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (G-KAP) delivered to patients in intensive residential eating disorder (ED) treatment were assessed. Case presentation This study reports on five participants with a diagnosis of an ED and comorbid mood and anxiety disorders who received weekly intramuscular ketamine injections in a group setting over 4 weeks. Measures of anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-9) were administered pre-dose, 4-h post-dose, and 24-h post dose. Four of the 5 participants experienced clinically significant improvements on the PHQ-9 score (i.e., change greater than 5) while 2 of the 5 participants experienced clinically significant improvements on the GAD-7 score (i.e., change greater than 4) from pre-dose to 24-h post-dose after the last ketamine session. Dosing sessions were well tolerated, and no serious adverse events were reported. Clinical observations and participant reports corroborated improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms, good tolerability of ketamine treatment, and practical implementation of the G-KAP protocol in a residential ED treatment center. Conclusions This study suggests the potential utility of G-KAP as an adjunct to intensive, specialized ED treatment. Overall, this novel, cross-diagnostic intervention warrants future research to further explore its appropriateness in a treatment setting.
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