International Journal of Psychiatry Research – August 17, 2019
Recent inpatient studies examining the effect of low-dose ketamine infusions in treatment resistant depression (TRD) have shown promising results in diminishing suicidal ideation (SI). We describe the efficacy of titrated serial ketamine infusions in stopping suicidal ideation and averting ER visits and hospitalizations in a large, naturalistic sample of adult and adolescent outpatients with TRD and complex psychiatric comorbidity in a real-world psychiatry outpatient practice.