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Clinical experience using intranasal ketamine in the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder/fear of harm phenotype.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 May 2013
Papolos Demitri F, Teicher Martin H, Faedda Gianni L, Murphy Patricia, Mattis Steven
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Intravenous ketamine, a glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has been shown to exert a rapid antidepressant effect in adults with treatment resistant depression. Children with bipolar disorder (BD) often respond poorly to pharmacotherapy, including polypharmacy. A pediatric-onset Fear of Harm (FOH) phenotype has been described, and is characterized by severe clinical features and...
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