Newsweek: Ketamine restores ability to experience pleasure to depressed patients within minutes
One of the less talked about, but more insidious effects of depression is anhedonia: the inability to feel pleasure. In addition to low overall mood, patients with depression no longer find joy in the activities that used to bring them fulfillment. Anhedonia is also one of the more difficult aspects of depression to treat, but […]
CNN: “Ketamine offers lifeline for people with severe depression, suicidal thoughts”
In this CNN story, Ben Tinker and Dr. Sanjay Gupta explore the use of ketamine therapy for severe, treatment resistant depression and suicidal ideation: Kane explained that ketamine works in depressed patients by growing synapses in areas of the brain that have atrophied, namely the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. “If you think of it like […]
Who should try ketamine therapy?
What does it feel like? The hype around psychedelic drug therapy has put the spotlight on ketamine. We answer 10 common questions. By Rachel Zimmerman Ketamine is an anesthetic used to sedate both humans and pets, and it’s a favorite of partygoers seeking a psychedelic high. Now it’s also the subject of an enormous amount […]
