Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
January 22, 2026
Zaid Ahmad Wani, Rajnish Raj, Shabir Ahmad Dar et al.
Depression is a significant global health issue, often accompanied by suicidality, which requires urgent and effective interventions. Oral ketamine is emerging as a potential rapid-acting treatment, but data on its efficacy and tolerability remain limited, particularly in the Indian context. Thus, this retrospective study was conducted to assess the response to oral ketamine in patients with...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
November 13, 2025
Malika M Sanspara, Drashti M Shah, Sandip H Shah et al.
This study evaluated intramuscular (IM) ketamine's efficacy and safety for rapid suicidal ideation reduction, addressing the critical need for fast-acting interventions in resource-limited settings where intravenous (IV) options are impractical. We conducted a pre-post-interventional study of IM ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) over one year after approval of the institutional ethics committee. Adult...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
July 2, 2025
Sonal Agarwal, Shahzadi Malhotra, Vibha Sharma et al.
Dissociative disorders, characterized by disruptions in consciousness, memory, and identity, pose significant challenges in understanding their neuropsychological domains-particularly within the Indian context-due to limited research. This study aims to compare the neuropsychological functions of young adults diagnosed with dissociative disorder to those of a healthy control group. A...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
May 1, 2025
Nikapitiye Nandarathana, Jay Kumar Ranjan
17 citations
There is a dearth of meta-analytical studies measuring the durability of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate both the effectiveness and durability of MBCT in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. We systematically searched six databases from June 11, 2023 to September...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
April 29, 2025
Ekta Yadav, Bheemsain Tekkalaki, Kavita P Gadadavar et al.
2 citations
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating mental health condition characterized by significant morbidity and mortality. The emergence of ketamine infusion therapy has provided a promising, rapidly acting treatment option. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of ketamine infusion therapy as an adjunct treatment in patients with depression and to study the patient's profile undergoing...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
March 1, 2025
Noopur Anand Gawankar, Smita Pandey
The commonly used protocol for the treatment of panic disorder has been the application of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). With the advent of third-wave psychotherapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), which focuses on experiential acceptance, there have been variations in the treatment of panic...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
March 25, 2024
Saeid Komasi, Amin Nazari, Behrooz Faridmarandi et al.
2 citations
Background: It seems that personality and dreams are relatively stable interwoven constructs that show many shared characteristics across cultures. The present study aimed to predict the emotional load and content of dreams using both original constructs and two extracted spectrum factors of adaptive and maladaptive personalities. Methods: The cross-sectional study data was collected from 704...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
January 17, 2020
C S Gautam, Sonia S Mahajan, Jatin Sharma et al.
31 citations
Ketamine is a noncompetitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor which also interacts with various other receptors that account for its myriad actions. Originally approved as a general anesthetic, it is being explored to be repurposed for numerous other indications such as depressive disorders, suicidal ideation, substance-use disorders, anxiety disorders, chronic pain,...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
July 1, 2014
S. Goyal, A. Ambekar, R. Ray
21 citations
Substance abuse among medical professionals is a cause for concern. Certain psychotropic substances such as ketamine are at easy dispense to anesthesiologists increasing the likelihood of misuse and dependence and raise several issues including safety of patients. We discuss a case demonstrating ketamine dependence in an anesthesiologist from India. The reported psychotropic effects of ketamine...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
July 1, 2009
Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse
Cannabis is the most widely used illegitimate substance in the world, and the number of users has increased by 10% over the last decade worldwide. Therefore, it is important to review the evidence on psychoactive properties of cannabis and its possible association with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). We searched MEDLINE with the key words cannabis and schizophrenia. The search was...