Both the medical and wellness worlds are embracing ketamine, which is making ketamine wellness more popular than ever.
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Post-Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology, Founder of the Ketamine Research Institute (KRIYA).
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and ketamine therapy practitioner.
So a month earlier, I had attended a launch party for a company calledWondermed.
But the lozenges just sat in a drawer.
Medical Director of Nushama Psychedelic Wellness Center
There were blankets, eye masks, headphones, and pillows on every mat.
I chose one right in the middle.
As people filtered in, we were instructed to journal our intentions for the trip.
And the trip began.
I had done a ketamine meditation, and Id loved it.
Ketamine is a legal drug that doctors can prescribe as an anesthetic.
In 2019, the FDA evenapproved a ketamine variant called esketaminefor treating TRD in clinical tweaks.
Multiple ketamine practitioners I spoke to described the medical world as curious about ketamine.
They say the research is so promising that it cannot be ignored, though studies are ongoing.
Medical Director of Nushama Psychedelic Wellness Center
More and more doctors and psychiatrists are definitely getting on board because theyre seeing the studies.
It is also being marketed as a wellness treatment.
On Instagram, ketamine is advertised by brands likeMindBloomandField Trip Health.
Wondermeds lead clinician, physician assistant Lauren Swanson, says combining wellness practices with ketamine is intentional.
Ketamine has its properties in the brain and its biochemistry, Swanson says.
Reed and Radowitz agree that integrationor talking through and processing the experienceis key to the treatments efficacy.
Any other kind of provider in any other context is offering pseudo-therapy.
Radowitz agrees that ketamine therapies need to be practiced with integrity, and must come with sound therapeutic protocols.
Having a purely mechanistic or medicinal approach to mental health hasnt really worked out for us, Radowitz says.
I do think it really opens up eyes and hopefully also trust in the medical community, Swanson says.
But this drug is proliferating in hospitals and yoga studios alike.
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