The Ketamine Papers

Author : Phil Wolfson,Glenn Hartelius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0998276502

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The Ketamine Papers by Phil Wolfson,Glenn Hartelius Pdf

The Ketamine Papers opens the door to a broad understanding of this medicine's growing use in psychiatry and its decades of history providing transformative personal experiences. Now gaining increasing recognition as a promising approach to the treatment of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other psychological conditions, ketamine therapies offer new hope for patients and clinicians alike. With multiple routes of administration and practices ranging from anesthesia to psychotherapy, ketamine medicine is a diverse and rapidly growing field. The Ketamine Papers clarifies the issues and is an inspiring introduction to this powerful tool for healing and transformation--from its early use in the 1960s to its emerging role in the treatment of depression, suicidality, and other conditions. This comprehensive volume is the ideal introduction for patients and clinicians alike, and for anyone interested in the therapeutic and transformative healing power of this revolutionary medicine.

Author : Kit Kelly
Publisher : Ronin Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 157951121X

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The Little Book of Ketamine by Kit Kelly Pdf

Ketamine, also called K, Special K, and Kit Kat, causes bizarre experiences unlike any other psychedelic drug. The Little Book of Ketamine describes the recreational and spiritual use of Ketamine, including: What K is, how it is made, and how it is used; How K affects the brain; Hallucinations, near-death and out-of-body experiences; Spiritual enlightenment through K and afterlife experiences; Dosages, administration, and safety precautions; Accounts of K-Trips by experienced users; How it feels to go to K-Land; Ketamine and the law. The Little Book of Ketamine reviews the history of Ketamine from its discovery to its use in night clubs and raves, as well as describing extraordinary stories of Ketamine's effects while being mindful of what is myth and what is reality. "Ketamine is a very odd and intriguing entheogen, outpacing all others in sheer range of experience and utter strangeness. It unlocks powers so intense and improbable it is hard to believe such a substance could even exist." —James Kent TRP

Author : Bita Moghaddam
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262362665

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Ketamine by Bita Moghaddam Pdf

The emergence of ketamine--previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug--as a treatment for depression. Ketamine, approved in 2019 by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of depression, has been touted by scientists and media reports as something approaching a miracle cure. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series chronicles the ascent of a drug that has been around for fifty years--in previous incarnations, a Vietnam-era combat anesthetic and a popular club drug--that has now been reinvented as a treatment for depression. Bita Moghaddam, a leading researcher in neuropharmacology, explains the scientific history and the biology of ketamine, its clinical use, and its recently discovered antidepressant effects, for the nonspecialist reader.

Author : Gustavo H. Vazquez,Carlos A. Zarate,Elisa Brietzke
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128210345

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Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression by Gustavo H. Vazquez,Carlos A. Zarate,Elisa Brietzke Pdf

Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Neurobiology and Applications provides a simple, evidence-based overview for neuropsychiatrists and translational researchers on this medication, its mechanisms of actions, eligibility of patients for treatment, and the preparation and implementation of ketamine clinics. Provides efficacy research on ketamine as a treatment for depression Identifies best practices for clinical use, both long-term and acute Discusses the molecular mechanisms and neurobiology of action

Author : Karl Jansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 0966001931

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Ketamine by Karl Jansen Pdf

Author : Sanjay J. Mathew,Carlos A. Zarate, Jr.
Publisher : Springer
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319429250

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Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression by Sanjay J. Mathew,Carlos A. Zarate, Jr. Pdf

This book brings together an international group of clinicians and researchers from a broad swath of inter-related disciplines to offer the most up-to-date information about clinical and preclinical research into ketamine and second-generation “ketamine-like” fast-acting antidepressants. Currently available antidepressant medications act through monoaminergic systems, are ineffective for many individuals suffering from depression, and are associated with a delayed onset of peak efficacy of several months. The unexpected emergence of ketamine, an anesthetic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, as a rapid-acting antidepressant has reinvigorated CNS drug discovery research and catalyzed investigation in patient populations historically ignored in antidepressant drug development programs, particularly treatment-resistant patients and those with suicidality. Recent industry and academic research efforts have coalesced to explore NMDA receptor and glutamatergic molecular targets that lack ketamine’s psychotomimetic side effects and abuse liability but retain its rapid onset of efficacy. However, many fundamental questions remain regarding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects and the puzzling persistence of benefits observed in some patients following a single dose. This book examines how insights from these studies are forging new conceptual models of the neurobiology of stress-related affective, anxiety, and addictive disorders and the nature of treatment resistance. It also discusses how ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects provide a scientific platform to facilitate innovation in clinical trial designs pertaining to patient selection, choice of control group, outcome measures, and dose-optimization. This book brings together data and insights from this rapidly expanding and extraordinarily promising field of study. Readers will be able to extract integrated themes and useful insights from the material contained in these diverse chapters and appreciate the paradigm-shifting contributions of ketamine to modern psychiatry and clinical neuroscience research.

Author : Dr. Stephen J. Hyde
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781503509535

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Ketamine for Depression by Dr. Stephen J. Hyde Pdf

Given the unacceptably high rates of suffering, disability and premature death experienced by people with treatment-resistant depression and the surprisingly low rates of problems arising from the use of ketamine to treat the disorder, this is a therapy that all patients and their doctors should be discussing. This book summarises the research that has been carried out into ketamine for the treatment of depression over the past 15 years and, most importantly, describes different ways of using ketamine that are both practical and cost–effective. Currently most ketamine therapy is given intravenously in specialised clinics at considerable expense, but the author has successfully treated patients with low-dose sublingual ketamine and his patients have been able to safely take this at home. Profits from the sales of this book will assist further research into the use of ketamine for the treatment of depression.

Author : Kenji Hashimoto,Soichiro Ide,Kazutaka Ikeda
Publisher : Springer
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9811529043

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Ketamine by Kenji Hashimoto,Soichiro Ide,Kazutaka Ikeda Pdf

This book presents the latest data from basic research and clinical trials supporting the effectiveness of ketamine as a treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, and suicidal behavior, setting these positive findings within the context of the serious problem of ketamine abuse. The first part of the book focuses on the evidence regarding ketamine abuse, with specific reference to Asian countries, and discusses countermeasures and complication management. It then addresses the mechanisms underlying the antidepressant and side effects of ketamine, which have remained elusive, describing and discussing important new research findings. Further, it explains insights gained from whole brain imaging in rodents and from behavioral pharmacology, and presents evidence regarding the role of gut microbiota, the NMDA receptor GluN2D subunit, and the lateral habenula in the actions of ketamine. These advances form the basis for the safer use of ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression and are expected to lead to the development of new antidepressants.

Author : Gary Greenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 141657008X

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Manufacturing Depression by Gary Greenberg Pdf

Am I depressed or just unhappy? In the last two decades, antidepressants have become staples of our medicine cabinets—doctors now write 120 million prescriptions annually, at a cost of more than 10 billion dollars. At the same time, depression rates have skyrocketed; twenty percent of Americans are now expected to suffer from it during their lives. Doctors, and drug companies, claim that this convergence is a public health triumph: the recognition and treatment of an under-diagnosed illness. Gary Greenberg, a practicing therapist and longtime depressive, raises a more disturbing possibility: that the disease has been manufactured to suit (and sell) the cure. Greenberg draws on sources ranging from the Bible to current medical journals to show how the idea that unhappiness is an illness has been packaged and sold by brilliant scientists and shrewd marketing experts—and why it has been so successful. Part memoir, part intellectual history, part exposé—including a vivid chronicle of his participation in a clinical antidepressant trial—Manufacturing Depression is an incisive look at an epidemic that has changed the way we have come to think of ourselves.

Author : Phil Wolfson
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bereavement
ISBN : 9781556439711

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Noe by Phil Wolfson Pdf

Written with clarity and grace, this memoir of an adolescent boy's four-year struggle with leukemia, his untimely death at sixteen, and the aftermath is presented from three perspectives. Using journals and recollection, Noe's father Phil Wolfson recalls the events chronologically. His son's chemotherapy journal offers a stricken teenager's private view of illness, his wrestling with such enormous stress while striving to live within the framework of "normal" expectations for adolescence. The third perspective derives from the author's realization that his intimate relationship with Noe continues after death. Channeling his son's spirit, the author writes in his place, sharing with readers a near-adult view of living with illness and losing the battle to survive it. Noe reveals the inner world of familial love and discord, Noe's own remarkable coping, and the extraordinary stress Noe's illness had on his younger brother. It describes the quest for emotional and spiritual support through therapy, contact with renowned alternative healers, and the use of the drug MDMA for enhancing relationships. With poignant descriptions of an assisted dying process, Noe moves beyond a model of bereavement to offer a reminder of love's transcendence.

Author : Frank Fremont-Smith,Ronald A. Sandison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258772582

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The Use of Lsd in Psychotherapy by Frank Fremont-Smith,Ronald A. Sandison Pdf

Transactions Of A Conference On D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, LSD-25, April 22, 23, And 24, 1959, Princeton, New Jersey. Additional Contributors Include C. H. Van Rhijn, Henry L. Lennard, And Mollie P. Hewitt.

Author : Nate Klemp
Publisher : Sounds True
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781649631497

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Open by Nate Klemp Pdf

“This wise and deeply relevant book guides us in navigating the seductive trance of a growingly virtual world... and living with our full creativity, intelligence, and love.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold A New York Times bestselling author shares a powerful new approach for living in a distracted and divided world with greater engagement, freedom, and openness. With the avalanche of information we get every day, closing down our minds and hearts seems to be the only way to survive. We close down to our inner experience by compulsively checking our devices. We close down to others by getting caught in echo chambers of outrage. But what if there’s another way? What if being more open to life is actually what brings us sanity and happiness? In this climate of distraction and division, Nate Klemp’s Open offers a path back to a way of living that is expansive, creative, and filled with wonder. Drawing on new science, age-old practices, and personal stories, Klemp examines why we close down when faced with stressors or threats, then reveals how we can train ourselves to open up to the fullness that life offers—even when frightened, outraged, or heartbroken. Join him to explore: • The uniquely modern challenges that make closing down easier and more tempting than ever • Experiential stories of psychedelic-assisted therapy, opening to political adversaries, meditation, and other tools for opening the mind • The Three Shifts of Opening—how to break the habit of mind wandering, approach instead of withdraw, and enlarge the size of your perspective • The Open Toolkit—a treasury of meditations, investigations, and habit-changing practices to open your mind Expanding the size of the mind may sound subtle —yet the results can utterly transform our lives. “When we open to life,” says Klemp, “we’re no longer stuck in here fighting against our thoughts on the inside or a crazed world on the outside. We’re connected. Our minds and lives get bigger. There’s more room, more perspective, more possibility. This is what it means to be free.”

Author : Berkley Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798630595768

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Ketamine Infusions by Berkley Jones Pdf

This is the 2nd Edition of a Patients guide to Ketamine Infusions. We have added over 40 pages of new content of what you should know prior to getting your infusions. Ketamine is an old anesthetic drug developed in the 1960's. Over the past 20 years researchers began to figure out that Ketamine is much more versatile than simply being used for anesthesia. It can also be used to treat different kinds of Chronic Pain such as the pain from CRPS, Neuropathic Pain, and Small Fiber Neuropathy to name a few. Researchers have also discovered that Ketamine can significantly improve one's mood and are using it to treat Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and certain types of Bipolar illness.Are you considering getting Ketamine to treat your Chronic Pain or Mental Health issues? Have you started looking into where to go and who can treat you? Are you wondering what to expect during Ketamine treatments?This book will guide you with everything from choosing your provider, to what to expect during your infusion experience, and how to get the best results from your infusions.This book was written with the input of physicians and patients from around the world and was accumulated with data amassed over the last 20 years.If you are considering infusions reading this book should be your first step before making the call to your local infusion clinic.

Author : Paula Johanson,Nicolette P. Conti
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448854837

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The Truth About Amphetamines and Stimulants by Paula Johanson,Nicolette P. Conti Pdf

Describes the effects of amphetamines and stimulants and provides information about drug testing, dependence and withdrawal, and finding treatment.

Author : Françoise Bourzat,Kristina Hunter
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781623173500

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Consciousness Medicine by Françoise Bourzat,Kristina Hunter Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the safe and ethical application of expanded states of consciousness for therapists, healing practitioners, and sincere explorers Psychedelic medicines also known as entheogens are entering the mainstream. And it’s no wonder: despite having access to the latest wellness trends and advances in technology, we’re no healthier, happier, or more meaningfully connected. Psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and LSD—as well as other time-tested techniques with the power to shift consciousness such as drumming, meditation, and vision quests—are now being recognized as potent catalysts for change and healing. But how do we ensure that we’re approaching them effectively? Françoise Bourzat—a counselor and experienced guide with sanctioned training in the Mazatec and other indigenous traditions—and healer Kristina Hunter introduce a holistic model focusing on the threefold process of preparation, journey, and integration. Drawing from more than thirty years of experience, Bourzat’s skillful and heartfelt approach presents the therapeutic application of expanded states, without divorcing them from their traditional contexts. Consciousness Medicine delivers a coherent map for navigating nonordinary states of consciousness, offering an invaluable contribution to the field of healing and transformation.