IV ketamine for severe resistant depression is associated with a more rapid response and greater reduction of symptoms than ...

Combining psychotherapy with low-dose ketamine is a relatively new approach to treating severe depression and post-traumatic ...

For many people living with depression, the road to feeling better can be long and sometimes discouraging. So many paths to ...

The VIP treatment is usually not the best treatment,” says Dr. Gerard Sanacora, director of Yale Depression Research Program. His caution pierces the sparkle of Hollywood’s newest “it” medication ...

Shown here is Spravato, the branded version of the chemical known as esketamine. First approved in 2019 as an add-on treatment for depression, esketamine received expanded federal approval last month ...

A Cleveland Clinic psychiatrist explains how ketamine therapy is transforming depression treatment—and why it works when other options fall short.

The college highlighted ketamine as having been "the most studied in the rapid relief of depressive symptoms with evidence of efficacy including large randomised controlled trials." Thousands of ...

When “Friends” star Matthew Perry died in October from what the autopsy called “the acute effects of ketamine,” it shined a spotlight on both the legitimate and illicit ways that this powerful drug ...

The Los Angeles medical examiner determined Matthew Perry's cause of death to be the acute effects of ketamine, more than a month after the death of the "Friends actor on Oct. 28. Perry had been found ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Fremont mother says a medication, traditionally used as a general anesthetic, has dramatically improved her chronic pain and mental health. Elanor Koch’s life unraveled when ...

Medicare does not typically cover ketamine infusions for mental health conditions, but may cover Spravato, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug derived from ketamine and used for ...

When used for mental health treatment, a dose of ketamine — typically half a milligram per kilogram of body weight, less than ...