Name: Ketamine = Potentially "Life-Changing" Treatment For Severe Depression
Uploaded: 2017-06-09T13:48:17.000Z
Duration: 5 min 9 s
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RESEARCHERS IN THE UK ARE NOW LOOKING INTO THE

POTENTIAL USE OF KETAMINE TO FIGHT DEPRESSION AMONG THOSE WHO

ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO TREAT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.

NOW, KETAMINE OF COURSE IS WIDELY KNOWN AS EITHER A HORSE

TRANQUILIZER OR A PARTY DRUG. BUT APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME

POTENTIAL MEDICINAL BENEFITS TO KETAMINE, OTHER THAN

SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT; ACCORDING TO

REPORTS, THERE IS ENORMOUS INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT IN

THE FIELD ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF

WHILE THE DRUG HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AS AN

ANESTHETIC, THE SCIENCE OF IT AS A TREATMENT FOR SEVERE

DEPRESSION HAS ONLY REALLY TAKEN OFF IN THIS CENTURY.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD, WHO IS A CONICAL

LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, LIKE,

EVERY SO OFTEN THESE STORIES COME OUT ABOUT A CERTAIN DRUG

THAT HAS BEEN VILIFIED IN THE MEDIA, LIKE PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

LIKE MAGIC MUSHROOMS, HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP PEOPLE

SUFFERING FROM PTSD OR DEPRESSION. MARIJUANA OF COURSE

HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP WITH PTSD, AND

THEN ALSO, THERE WAS ONE OTHER DRUG THAT I'M FORGETTING AT THE

MOMENT... MDMA COULD BE USED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE

AND SO, I LIKE WHEN RESEARCHERS BYPASS ALL THE VILIFICATION

I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE IS

A CERTAIN POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN MEDICATION

TO FIGHT DEPRESSION AND IT HASN'T WORKED, SO THEY ARE

YEAH, A LOT OF THE TIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THEY USE IT BECAUSE IT

WORKS SO FAST TO CURB SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, BUT YEAH, IT'S GREAT,

SO MUCH OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICATION IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FIELD IS BEHIND A LOT OF OTHER MEDICINES

JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO TABOO FOR SO LONG, IT CONTINUES TO BE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ADD THE TERM "PARTY DRUGS" TO THE DISCUSSION

KETAMINE HAS COME IN AND OUT OF POPULARITY IN MEDICAL FIELD OVER TIME... THERE IS, YOU KNOW

FOR YEARS, THIS SAME KIND OF ARTICLES HAS COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT I DON'T KNOW, IF IT WORKS, USE IT

RIGHT, AND SO THE IMPORTANT QUESTION HERE IS, DOES IT WORK, IS

AND THAT IS WHAT THESE RESEARCHERS REALLY WANT TO

LOOK INTO, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO IT, BECAUSE WHEN A DRUG

HAS BEEN VILIFIED, IT IS HARD FOR THE RESEARCHERS TO GET

SO, MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD CONTINUES TO SAY, "WE NEED MORE MONEY

SO WE CAN USE THE DRUG MORE WIDELY IN MEDICAL RESEARCH,

AS WE BELIEVE IT HAS POTENTIAL TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL IN

AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FUNDING OF THESE TYPES OF

STUDIES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE STUDYING... LOOK, IF

YOU ARE STUDYING THEM IN A MEDICAL SETTING, IT IS

IMPORTANT WORK. THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE

TO TAKE A PARTY DRUG. AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND

I'VE NEVER DONE IT. I DON'T DO THAT, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF MOST THINGS.

BUT THEY SAID, IN SMALL DOSES, IT JUST ALLOWS... THERE WAS A THREAD THAT I READ THAT WAS AMAZING,

AND IT WAS REALLY LONG, AND AT THE END, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT PROCRASTINATING. TOOK ME HALF AN HOUR TO WRITE IT. IT'S REALLY HEARTFELT. BUT IT DOES THINGS LIKE, IN THE MUSIC YOU

CAN START SEPARATING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SONG MORE

EASILY IN YOUR MIND, YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU ARE WALKING ON AIR

AND THEN IF YOU TAKE A LARGER DOSE YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE

YOU WOULD DESCRIBE THIS AS LIKE A EUPHORIC FEELING?

YEAH, AND THEY SAID, LIKE, THEY CAN FOCUS SO EASILY ON ONE THING THAT

THEY WILL ONLY REALIZE, LIKE AFTER TWO MINUTES OF

LOOKING AT LEAVES THAT THE MUSIC WAS PLAYING THE WHOLE TIME,

I MEAN I THINK THAT WE SO OFTEN FORGET ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH,

AND EVALUATE IT, AND UNDERFUND IT, AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

IT SHOULD BE TREATED WITH EXACTLY AS MUCH SERIOUSNESS AS

PHYSICAL AILMENTS. AND WITH THIS WORKS (?)

YEAH, AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY 101 PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO

ACCESS KETAMINE AT A TREATMENT CENTER IN THE UK, SO IT'S

NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE, BUT ABOUT 40% SHOWED SUSTAINED

IMPROVEMENT AFTER TAKING IT FOR THEIR DEPRESSION.

SO, THERE HAS BEEN SOME EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT IT DOES HAVE

MEDICINAL VALUE, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRO-SCIENCE, WE

WANT MORE SCIENCE, WE WANT MORE RESEARCH, AND IF THERE IS A DRUG

OUT THERE THAT MAKES SENSE, THEN THAT IS GREAT.

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Ketamine = Potentially "Life-Changing" Treatment For Severe Depression

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