About Ketamine
Want to learn more about ketamine?
You’ve come to the right place.
Here are some of our favorite videos, articles, research, books, and podcasts for those looking to dive deeper into self-study.
Featured Content
Featured Content
Our founder, Dr. Robert Grant at the 2019 IFS Conference: Ketamine Assisted IFS Therapy
Handbook of Medical Hallucinogens
Chapter 17: Ketamine
With contributions from our very own Dr.Robert Grant, this passage covers ketamine’s history, chemistry, pharmacology, effects on consciousness, psychiatric use, and adverse effects.
KAP In Media
Can ketamine help fight the current mental health epidemic? - USA Today, 2022
The Past, Present and Future of Using Ketamine to Treat Depression - Smithsonian Magazine, 2022
The Ketamine Cure - The New York Times, 2021
Study: 69% of Suicidal Patients Saw ‘Significant’ Improvement With Ketamine Therapy - Psychedelic Spotlight, 2021
Why Ketamine -Assisted Therapy Has Gone Mainstream - Forbes Magazine, 2021
Listening To Ketamine Knowable Magazine, 2019
Ketamine could help alcoholics cut back, study claims - Fox News, 2019
Paradigms Of Ketamine Treatment: Maps Bulletin, 2019
Ketamine May Relieve Depression By Repairing Damaged Brain Circuits, NPR, 2019
Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—And Controversy—As A Depression Drug: Wired, 2018
New Hope For Depression: Time Magazine, 2017
Ketamine Relieves Depression By Restoring Brain Connections: NPR, 2012
Selected Research on KAP
Toward Synergies of Ketamine and Psychotherapy - Mathai et al., 2022
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): Patient Demographics, Clinical Data and Outcomes in Three Large Practices Administering Ketamine with Psychotherapy - Dore et al., 2019
Some distorted thoughts about ketamine as a psychedelic and a novel hypothesis based on NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic plasticity - Ingram et al., 2018
History of anaesthesia: The ketamine story – past, present and future - Mion, 2017
Ketamine: 50 Years of Modulating the Mind - Li & Vlisides, 2016
Ketamine administration in depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Fond et al., 2014
Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy (KPT) – Review of the Results of Ten Years of Research - Evgeny Krupitsky, MD, PhD, & Alexander Grinenko, MD, PhD, 2011
Ketamine-Enhanced Psychotherapy: Preliminary Clinical Observations on its Effects in Treating Death Anxiety - Eli Kolp, MD, et al., 2007
Ketamine: Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks - Kohrs et al., 1998
"Death-Rebirth" Psychotherapy with Ketamine - Igor Kungurtsev, M. D., 1991
To learn more about psychedelic research, explore the Atlas of Psychedelic Research.
More Videos About KAP
Yale Medicine explains how ketamine treats depression (2021).
Dr. Raquel Bennett (our training mentor) from Kriya Institute explains 3 different ways of working with ketamine to treat depression at the 2017 MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference.
The Experimental Ketamine Cure for Depression is a 2017 Vice media production starring Steven Levine M.D.
Ted Talk: the path to better medicine is paved with accidental yet revolutionary discoveries. In this well-told tale of how science happens, neuroscientist Rebecca Brachman shares news of a serendipitous breakthrough treatment that may prevent mental disorders like depression and PTSD.
Podcasts About KAP
Integrative Psychiatry Review - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Will Barone, PsyD
Healing Realms staff therapist Dr. Barone discusses KAP, harm reduction, history, neurobiology, protocols, and our center's particular treatment model.
Dive into Discussion Episode 13: Dr. Raquel Bennett
Dr. Bennett discusses what ketamine is, when therapeutic ketamine is useful, dosing strategies, the patient experience, controversies in the field, and more.
Psychedelics Today: Dr. Scott Shannon – Ketamine Therapies
Dr. Shannon has been working with ketamine in his integrative psychiatry practice and has found tremendous benefit in using this medicine for particular disorders.
Shrink Rap Radio - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Psychiatrist Jennifer Dore, MD
Dr. Dore gives a wonderful overview of KAP as well as the recent psychedelic medicine movement and training new KAP clinicians.
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