Tue 4/26/22

A community mental health center is quietly administering Ketamine to Coloradans who struggle with severe depression. Now 15 patients are receiving the treatment at the Mental Health Center of Denver. It’s the only such clinic at a community mental health center in the state to offer ketamine as treatment, and it’s one of few in the nation, for people with low incomes. The Federal Drug Administration approved the use of esketamine, a version of the drug ketamine, in 2019. Other clinics have opened around the country, but the treatment is still hard to come by for those who can’t afford to pay or lack private insurance coverage. Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown has the story.

<p>A community mental health center is quietly administering Ketamine to Coloradans who struggle with severe depression. Now 15 patients are receiving the treatment at the Mental Health Center of Denver. It&rsquo;s the only such clinic at a community mental health center in the state to offer ketamine as treatment, and it&rsquo;s one of few in the nation, for people with low incomes. The Federal Drug Administration approved the use of esketamine, a version of the drug ketamine, in 2019. Other clinics have opened around the country, but the treatment is still hard to come by for those who can&rsquo;t afford to pay or lack private insurance coverage. Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown has the story.</p>

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