Case Report: Unexpected Remission From Extreme and Enduring Bulimia Nervosa With Repeated Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Frontiers in psychiatry January 1, 2021 Anya Ragnhildstveit, Laura Kate Jackson, Sarah Cunningham et al.
Repeated sessions of ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP) led to complete and sustained remission in a 21-year-old woman with extreme and enduring bulimia nervosa, a rare outcome for such severe cases. The patient had 40 binge-eating and purging episodes per day that had not responded to prior pharmacological and behavioral treatments. She underwent three courses of KAP over 3 months, each with six sessions twice weekly. Binge-eating and purging reduced dramatically after the first course, with complete cessation of symptoms achieved 3 months post-treatment, and remission sustained for over 1 year. This first report suggests repeated KAP is a promising intervention for bulimia nervosa.