”I used to feel like there was a more authentic me that was kind of trapped,' one Utahn said. After ketamine treatments, she's feeling better. 'This is who I’ve always been. And I knew that I just couldn’t access her because of the depression.”
The Huntsman Mental Health Institute in Salt Lake City, part of the University of Utah Health network, has a ketamine infusionand serves people with treatment-resistant anxiety or depression.
”So we’re using ketamine as a catalyst for that process,” he said, “as opposed to just delivering the medicine.” The therapist works with them in talk therapy afterwards. And throughout the following week, patients complete exercises, such as guided meditations, through a digital platform. They also answer questionnaires that document their mood, thought processes and other experiences with the drug.
Along with the increase in Ketamine Wellness Centers clinics, their target patients have changed, he said. The center provides an average of about 50 to 60 treatments a month, Nicholson said. Each session costs $449. Historically, health insurers haven’t covered ketamine for most mental illnesses, though more are starting to provide that coverage, Brokke said.
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