Ketamine abreaction in dissociative amnesia: A case report
Journal Title: Telangana Journal of Psychiatry - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Drug facilitated abreaction has been in use for the treatment of Dissociative disorders for many years now The successful use of ketamine as an abreactant was reported in the 1980s Not much literature is available on this effective and safe technique In this case report we present the case of a fifteen year old boy who presented with dissociative amnesia of eight days duration including amnesia for the three languages he was fluent in which developed just two weeks before his tenth standard board examination He underwent a session of Ketamine abreaction in the dose of 1mgkg administered intramuscularly during which he recovered his languages and also recollected his lost traumatic memories The single treatment session enabled him to perform well in his examinations Further followup for the next two months revealed him to be in total remissionDissociative Disorders can be utterly maladaptive Hence they need to be rapidly relieved Ketamine abreaction in the dose of 1 mgkg intramuscularly is a safe quick and effective treatment Its successful use in a 15 year old boy with Dissociative Amnesia which was thwarting his crucial tenth class board examination is reported hereKeywords Ketamine Abreaction Dissociative amnesia
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Chilukuri Raviteja, Chilukuri Harihar
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