KETAMINE AS A POSSIBLE MODERATOR OF HYPNOTIZABILITY: A Feasibility Study
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis June 1, 2018 D. Patterson, C. Hoffer, M. Jensen et al. 8 citations
A small pilot study tested whether a low dose of ketamine could increase hypnotizability in healthy volunteers who initially scored low on the Stanford Clinical Hypnotizability Scale. Ketamine, used clinically as an anesthetic and for depression, can produce dissociation and detachment similar to hypnotic states. Participants' subjective dissociation ratings and hypnotizability scores both moved in the predicted direction, but the results were not definitive. The findings suggest that further research is warranted to explore ketamine's potential to enhance hypnotizability.