Today’s health headlines: ketamine nasal sprays offer a new option for people with treatment-resistant depression. Plus, how ...

Roughly one in ten Americans suffers from major depressive disorder (MDD) at any given time. In total, up to 20 percent of ...

RISE Integrated Mental Health in York, Maine, offers ketamine therapy for trauma and depression, attracting patients ...

Esketamine, a form of ketamine taken as a nasal spray, has been approved for the treatment for moderate to severe treatment-resistant depression in Scotland but intravenous ketamine has not, though it ...

Ketamine is an anesthetic that has been growing in use as an off-label prescription to treat depression. Individuals can access the drug through telehealth appointments and clinics in person. But ...

Offering proven success and lasting results, ketamine represents hope and healing in the treatment of depression, anxiety, ...

Ethan is celebrating six months since he kicked his ketamine habit, after a second - and he hopes successful - stint in ...

Adults with treatment-resistant depression who received IV ketamine showed improvement in sadness-related symptoms immediately and in suicidal ideation 3 weeks later, according to a study ...

The findings have not been peer-reviewed yet. In recent years, clinical trials have demonstrated ketamine's effectiveness in treating depression within a few hours of a single dose. Animal studies ...

Research on synthetic psychedelics progresses, and there's hope to prove psilocybin safe and effective in intractable ...

Ketamine has been used for decades as an anaesthetic drug, but in the past few years, more and more psychiatrists have been using it for hard-to-treat depression ...

A first-of-its-kind clinical trial found that ketamine's benefits for treating severe depression can be improved when combined with psychotherapy and supportive treatment environments.