Similar psychotic and cognitive profile between ketamine dependence with persistent psychosis and schizophrenia

Ketamine has been used to probe the biology of psychosis and cognitive dysfunction in humans. High levels of ketamine abuse are associated with persisting psychosis (KPP) in a minority of users. However, relatively little is known about cognitive function among KPP patients and whether the cognitive impairments associated with KPP resemble those of schizophrenia (SZ).

Source: Schizophrenia Research - March 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wan-Ju Cheng, Chun-Hsin Chen, Chih-Ken Chen, Ming-Chyi Huang, Robert H. Pietrzak, John H. Krystal, Ke Xu Source Type: research