Innovative Psychiatry
Nobody likes a copycat. They’re boring. Tired from the get-go. Out to ride on somebody else’s coat tails. They want to steal some of the glory. Is esketamine just a ketamine wannabe copycat drug? You may have heard some things about it. Like it’s a nasal spray. Esketamine intranasal. It’s supposed to be an easier […]
The Legend of Ketamine the Depression Dragon SLAYER Doesn’t that sound exciting…? Conjures up images of kings, knights, dragons…and princesses. Ketamine the Depression Dragon SLAYER … the knight in shining armor, equipped with world-class weaponry … vanquishing the enemy. But this is no fairy tale. This is the real deal. The story of a tool…a […]
If This is What You Picture When You Imagine IV Ketamine Treatment for Depression, Think AGAIN!! And nix that image. Because we’re going to talk about who should provide IV ketamine as treatment for depression. Ketamine treatment is getting more and more attention in the press as a paradigm shifter for effective treatment for psychiatric mood disorders. […]
Hoping for an IV Ketamine Treatment Referral? Recently, we talked about reasons some doctors may be reluctant to provide IV ketamine treatment for psychiatric mood disorders. We talked about how difficult it is to harvest all the information about ketamine for depression on the internet and become informed. No drug company spends millions of dollars […]
Why Doesn’t My Doctor Provide Ketamine as Treatment for Depression? It’s all over the news. Even the recent TIME magazine cover story. Ketamine as treatment for depression is blowing the doors off traditional treatments for psychiatric mood disorders. Have you heard? Studies are piling up that demonstrate ketamine’s remarkable effectiveness. It’s making people who suffer better. Not […]
How Can We Relieve Those Who Suffer so Terribly…? Mania goes way back. And the destruction it causes goes way deep. We’ve searched for centuries for a way to bring relief to those who suffer so terribly. Sometimes we in medicine go out on a limb, or strike a new path. Other times we fiddle […]
New Hope for Depression Mandy Oaklander Jul 26, 2017 For more, visit TIME Health. Every week, when Ian Hanley sits down with his therapist, he goes through a list of depression treatments he’s been researching online. The best-known treatments at the top of the list–half a dozen antidepressants and known combinations of those drugs–are all crossed […]
Is TIME Telling the Truth about Ketamine? In the most recent issue of TIME magazine (7/27/17), the cover story by Mandy Oaklander celebrates the potential of ketamine treatment for depression. While we’re thrilled to see ketamine’s remarkable benefits for psychiatric mood disorders broadcast to such a large readership – (26 million!), we’re concerned about misconceptions […]
‘I can stop and breathe’: the people taking ketamine for depression It has a reputation as a party drug, but some patients say it has transformed their lives after no other treatments helped. When depression takes hold of Helen it feels like she is drowning in a pool of water, unable to swim up to […]
Ketamine is being used as a cutting-edge treatment for depression, PTSD One in five adults — 40 million Americans — has a mental health condition, according to Mental Health America. Within that number, nearly 16 million people suffer from depression and more than 7 million are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. The two conditions tend […]