The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
August 17, 2022
Joshua D. Rosenblat, Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Yena Lee et al.
58 citations
Objective Serotonergic psychedelics are re-emerging as potential novel treatments for several psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorder. The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) convened a task force to review the evidence and provide a consensus recommendation for the clinical use of psychedelic treatments for major depressive disorder. Methods A systematic...
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
November 11, 2020
Jennifer Swainson, Alexander McGirr, Pierre Blier et al.
109 citations
OBJECTIVE: -methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has demonstrated rapid antidepressant effects in patients with TRD. The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) convened a task force to review the evidence for efficacy and safety of racemic ketamine and to provide recommendations for its use in clinical practice. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted with...
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
June 18, 2020
Nisha Ravindran, Arun Ravindran
A significant proportion of patients with major depressive disorder are refractory to approved interventions. The first report of significant and rapid benefit of intravenous (IV) ketamine for treatment resistant depression (TRD) appeared in 2000. Since then, there have been multiple reports on the efficacy and tolerability of ketamine formulations for TRD, in particular for single-dose IV...
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
July 9, 2019
Maggie Fedgchin, Madhukar H. Trivedi, Ella Daly et al.
593 citations
BACKGROUND: About one-third of patients with depression fail to achieve remission despite treatment with multiple antidepressants and are considered to have treatment-resistant depression. METHODS: This Phase 3, double-blind, multicenter study enrolled adults with moderate-to-severe depression and nonresponse to ≥2 antidepressants in the current depression episode. Eligible patients (N = 346)...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
February 2018
Norman A. S. Farb, Adam K. Anderson, Arun Ravindran et al.
Both Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) enhance self-management of prodromal symptoms associated with depressive relapse, albeit through divergent therapeutic procedures. We evaluated rates of relapse in remitted depressed patients receiving MBCT and CT. Decentering and dysfunctional attitudes were assessed as treatment-specific process markers. Participants...