Ketamine for Mental Health Treatment: How Promising Is It?

• By: Caroline Emmitt, MSW Izabela Sadej, LSW Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC)
• January 17th, 2023
• depression, ketamine, medication resistant, mental health, miracle drug, pandemic, suicide, Winter 2023 Issue
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For centuries, we have sought cures for depression. Some discoveries, such as psychotherapy and medication treatment, are now widely accepted. But they don’t work for everyone. More recently, an unorthodox drug has garnered attention as a new, possible intervention: ketamine. Classified as...