Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Top 10 Medical Innovations 2017
In this video, see why Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression was one the Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2017.
Ketamine Found to Have an “unbelievable” Effect in Treating Severe Depression
It’s probably not the first place you’d go to find relief from severe clinical depression, but the psychedelic party drug ketamine has revealed itself to be something of a ‘miracle drug’, performing far more quickly and effectively than traditional antidepressants and mood stabilisers. more…
Onetime party drug hailed as miracle for treating severe depression
It was November 2012 when Dennis Hartman, a Seattle business executive, managed to pull himself out of bed, force himself to shower for the first time in days and board a plane that would carry him across the country to a clinical trial at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda. more…
Anesthesiologists Take Lead As Ketamine Clinics Proliferate
A growing number of anesthesiologists are opening private clinics that provide off-label infusions of ketamine to patients suffering from treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, suicidality and other disorders. Psychiatrists and other physicians have also recently opened clinics. more…
Current Status of Ketamine and Related Therapies for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Despite a plethora of established treatments, less than one-third of individuals with MDD achieve stable remission of symptoms. Given limited efficacy and significant lag time to onset of therapeutic action among conventional antidepressants, interest has shifted to treatments that act outside of the monoamine...