The Science of Ketamine Therapy

Therapy rediscovered

The effectiveness of ketamine assisted therapy has emerged from being a relatively well guarded secret since it's discovery over 50 years ago. In recent years, the “rediscovery” of the use of ketamine as a springboard to mental health care has offered new hope for long struggling patients dealing with depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD and a raft of other conditions.

Safe, fast and effective

Clinical research continues to show that ketamine —deemed an “essential medicine” by The World Health Organization— can lead to safe, rapid, effective patient outcomes when administered under the guidance of trained clinicians.

Finding meaning

Further, ketamine remains a prime vehicle for exploration of consciousness and finding meaning and purpose. Although not classified as a psychiatric condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) - the standard manual used in psychiatry - existential crisis and meaning making are both defining characteristics and challenges of being a human. Psychedelics in general, and ketamine specifically, have been used across the mental health continuum since its launch in 1970.