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A Clinical Rationale for Assessing the Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adjunctive Subcutaneous Esketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Background: A history of child sexual abuse (CSA) is related to higher suicide rates and poor treatment outcomes in depressed adult patients. Twenty years after the first study investigating the effects of ketamine/esketamine on depression and suicide, there is a lack of data on the CSA effects on t...

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Autores principales: Magalhães, Eduardo Jorge Muniz, Sarin, Luciana Maria, Del Sant, Lorena Catarina, Lucchese, Ana Cecília, Nakahira, Carolina, Tuena, Marco Aurélio, Puertas, Camila Brito, Rodovalho Fava, Victor Augusto, Delfino, Rodrigo Simonini, Surjan, Juliana, Steglich, Matheus Souza, Barbosa, Matheus Ghossain, Abdo, Guilherme, Del Porto, José Alberto, Nemeroff, Charles B., Cogo-Moreira, Hugo, Lacerda, Acioly Luiz Tavares, Mello, Andrea Feijo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8415867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34483976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.608499
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Sumario:Background: A history of child sexual abuse (CSA) is related to higher suicide rates and poor treatment outcomes in depressed adult patients. Twenty years after the first study investigating the effects of ketamine/esketamine on depression and suicide, there is a lack of data on the CSA effects on this emerging treatment. Here, we assess the impact of CSA on adjunctive subcutaneous (SC) esketamine for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Methods: A directed acyclic graphic (DAG) was designed to identify clinical confounders between CSA and esketamine predictors of response. The confounders were applied in a statistical model to predict depression symptom trajectory in a sample of 67 TRD outpatients. Results: The patient sample had a relatively high prevalence rate of CSA (35.82%). Positive family history of first-degree relatives with alcohol use disorder and sex were clinical mediators of the effects of esketamine in a CSA adult population. Overall, the presence of at least one CSA event was unrelated to esketamine symptom reduction. Conclusions: Unlike responses to conventional antidepressants and psychotherapy, CSA does not appear to predict poor response to esketamine.