Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A state-of-the-art review

L Burback, S Brult-Phillips, MJ Nijdam… - Current …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
This narrative state-of-the-art review paper describes the progress in the understanding and
treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Over the last four decades, the scientific …

Reviewing the potential of psychedelics for the treatment of PTSD

E Krediet, T Bostoen, J Breeksema… - International Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There are few medications with demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). Treatment guidelines have unequivocally designated psychotherapy …

Ketamine for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders: comprehensive systematic review

Z Walsh, OM Mollaahmetoglu, J Rootman, S Golsof… - BJPsych …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background In the past two decades, subanaesthetic doses of ketamine have been
demonstrated to have rapid and sustained antidepressant effects, and accumulating …

A randomized controlled trial of repeated ketamine administration for chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

A Feder, S Costi, SB Rutter, AB Collins… - American Journal of …, 2021 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and disabling disorder, for
which available pharmacotherapies have limited efficacy. The authors' previous proof-of …

Psychedelics in psychiatry: neuroplastic, immunomodulatory, and neurotransmitter mechanisms

A Inserra, D De Gregorio, G Gobbi - Pharmacological Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Mounting evidence suggests safety and efficacy of psychedelic compounds as potential
novel therapeutics in psychiatry. Ketamine has been approved by the Food and Drug …

[HTML][HTML] Novel pharmacological targets in drug development for the treatment of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders

SB Sartori, N Singewald - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Current medication for anxiety disorders is suboptimal in terms of efficiency and tolerability,
highlighting the need for improved drug treatments. In this review an overview of drugs …

Ketamine as an antidepressant: overview of its mechanisms of action and potential predictive biomarkers

D Matveychuk, RK Thomas… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Ketamine, a drug introduced in the 1960s as an anesthetic agent and still used for that
purpose, has garnered marked interest over the past two decades as an emerging treatment …

Ketamine—50 years in use: from anesthesia to rapid antidepressant effects and neurobiological mechanisms

S Kohtala - Pharmacological Reports, 2021 - Springer
Over the past 50 years, ketamine has solidified its position in both human and veterinary
medicine as an important anesthetic with many uses. More recently, ketamine has been …

The neurobiology of depression, ketamine and rapid-acting antidepressants: Is it glutamate inhibition or activation?

CG Abdallah, G Sanacora, RS Duman… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The discovery of the antidepressant effects of ketamine has opened a breakthrough
opportunity to develop a truly novel class of safe, effective, and rapid-acting antidepressants …

Imaging the effect of ketamine on synaptic density (SV2A) in the living brain

SE Holmes, SJ Finnema, M Naganawa… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of ketamine as a rapid and robust antidepressant marks the beginning of a
new era in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Ketamine is thought to produce rapid and …