No time to lose: the current state of research in rapid-acting psychotherapeutics
Neuropsychopharmacology 2024 Joshua A. Gordon, Nora D. Volkow, George F. Koob
The vast majority of treatments for psychiatric and substance use disorders take weeks to work. Notable exceptions to this rule exist, with some treatments such as intravenous ketamine resolving symptoms in minutes to hours. Current research is focused on identifying novel approaches to rapid-acting psychotherapeutics. Promising results from studies of novel classes of drugs and innovative...