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S. William Li

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Combined Ketamine and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Leveraging Metaplasticity to Enhance Treatment Outcomes

FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry July 1, 2026 Morgan S. Hardy, S. William Li, Samuel T. Wilkinson

Over the past two decades, ketamine has emerged as a rapid-acting antidepressant, especially among patients with treatment-resistant depression. As an N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptor antagonist, ketamine has reshaped the understanding of the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of depression treatment. Ketamine induces a transient state of enhanced neuroplasticity and likely...