Ketamine and psychotherapy for the treatment of psychiatric disorders: systematic review.

Bess M Kew Richard A Bryant Katie M DouglasPaul GlueCharlotte L MentzelBen Beaglehole

Published in: BJPsych open (2023)

The combination of psychotherapy and ketamine offers promise for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, but study heterogeneity prevents definitive recommendations for their integration. Larger randomised controlled trials using manualised psychotherapies and standardised ketamine protocols are recommended to clarify the extent to which the addition of psychotherapy to ketamine improves outcomes over ketamine treatment alone.

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