Rapid reduction of suicidal ideation with transient dissociative and "drunken gait" symptoms after intranasal esketamine, with music intervention: a case report.
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2026 Haihua Tian, Zongfeng Zhang, Yan He et al. 1 citation
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is often accompanied by persistent suicidal ideation and poor response to conventional antidepressants. Intranasal esketamine, a non-selective NMDA receptor antagonist, provides rapid antidepressant and anti-suicidal effects; transient dissociation is common, whereas ataxia-like "drunken gait" is rarely described. A 19-year-old woman with recurrent...
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Esketamine
Treatment-resistant depression
Dissociative symptoms
Drunken gait
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