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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Roxas, Nichole
• Ahuja, Chaarushi
• Isom, Jessica
• Wilkinson, Samuel T.
• Capurso, Noah

Titel

A Potential Case of Acute Ketamine Withdrawal: Clinical Implications for the Treatment of Refractory Depression

Ist Teil von

• The American journal of psychiatry, 2021-07, Vol.178 (7), p.588-591

Ort / Verlag

Washington: American Psychiatric Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mr. A, a 35-vcar-old military veteran with a historv of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). bipolar II disorder, alcohol use disorder in full sustained remission, cannabis use disorder, and borderline personality disorder, self-presented to the psychiatric emergency department at the Veterans Administration (VA) hospital, reporting worsening depression and suicidal ideation. He stated that his medication regimen did not alleviate his depression and that suicidal ideation had increased in frequency to multiple times a day, so he came to the emergency department seeking admission. His prescribed medications were 150 mg, day of bupropion. 10 mg h.s. of Zolpidem as needed for sleep, and I mft/day of lora/epam as needed for anxiety. In addition, he reported taking large amounts of keta-mine from a prescriber outside the VA system.