A Novel, Brief, Fully Automated Intervention to Extend the Antidepressant Effect of a Single Ketamine Infusion: A Randomized

Course overview

Course Description: This course is based upon material published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and is available as an open-access article. This course on interventions designed to extend the effects of ketamine infusion is designed for social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, nurses, and substance abuse counselors, who do clinical work. In addition, this course is appropriate for beginning, intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to develop their knowledge of interventions designed to extend the effects of ketamine infusion. The course material includes a literature review of interventions and research. It may also be useful for licensed clinicians who require continuing clinical education courses for license renewal.   The course is based on a journal article that includes research. It contains statistical analysis and data that some clinicians enjoy reading and others do not. A significant benefit of reading research-based articles for continuing education is they provide practitioners with the latest findings in their field.  Authors:  Price, Spotts, Panny, Griffo, Degutis, Cruz, Bell, Do-Nguyen, Wallace, Matthew, Howland Learning Objectives: This course will provide the practitioner with detailed information regarding interventions designed to extend the effects of ketamine infusion. Specifically, a professional will: 1. Recognize the use of ketamine as a method of treating symptoms of depression. 2. Describe characteristics of automated self association training. 3. Identify outcomes associated with ketamine use and automated self association training on depression symptoms. Citation:  Price, R. B., Spotts, C., Panny, B., Griffo, A., Degutis, M., Cruz, N., Bell, E., Do-Nguyen, K., Wallace, M. L., Mathew, S. J., & Howland, R. H. (2022). A Novel, Brief, Fully Automated Intervention to Extend the Antidepressant Effect of a Single Ketamine Infusion: A Randomized Clinical Trial. The American journal of psychiatry, 179(12), 959-968. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220216