Ketamine - facilitated induced anxiety therapy and its effect upon clients' reactions to stressful situations

Evaluated the role of physiological arousal in the Induced Anxiety therapy procedure. Assigned 21 normal Ss to either conventional Induced Anxiety, Induced Anxiety supplemented by the drug ketamine during arousal, or a no‐treatment condition. The ketamine group was superior to the conventional group...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 1979-04, Vol.35 (2), p.425-429
Main Authors: Sappington, A. A., Corssen, G., Becker, A. T., Tavakoli, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological - drug effects
Adolescent
Adult
Affect - drug effects
Anxiety - psychology
Arousal - drug effects
Depression - therapy
Female
Humans
Ketamine - therapeutic use
Male
Psychotherapy, Brief - methods
Relaxation Therapy
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Stress, Psychological - therapy
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Summary:Evaluated the role of physiological arousal in the Induced Anxiety therapy procedure. Assigned 21 normal Ss to either conventional Induced Anxiety, Induced Anxiety supplemented by the drug ketamine during arousal, or a no‐treatment condition. The ketamine group was superior to the conventional group which was superior to the no‐treatment group in reducing negative affect experienced during stressful situations. Most of the reduction was in depressive affect. The superior results obtained by increasing physiological arousal could not be accounted for by increased subjective emotional arousal.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/1097-4679(197904)35:2<425::AID-JCLP2270350240>3.0.CO;2-9