APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Electroconvulsive Therapy and Serial Ketamine Infusions Decrease Aspects of Depressive Rumination
- Nora Barnes-Horowitz
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA - Kavya Mudiam
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA - Megha Vasavada
Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA - Katherine Narr
Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA - Eliza Congdon
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Abstract
This study investigated the differences in Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and serial ketamine infusion effectiveness in reducing rumination among severely depressed participants. Results suggest both ketamine and ECT are effective in reducing both brooding and reflection ruminative subscales, however, serial ketamine therapy may be more effective at reducing brooding than ECT.
Depression
