Episode 191: Dr. Mandel on Ketamine Nasal Spray vs Infusions for Depression
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Super excited to present this episode to you. I had Dr. Steven Mandel on episode 137 of the podcast to talk about the amazing and life-saving treatment of Ketamine infusions, which have been shown to be an incredibly effective treatment for depression, suicidality, and trauma that doesn't respond well to other treatments. In this episode, we talk more about the difference between these IV infusions of Ketamine and a new player in the game, Ketamine nasal spray. Recently, an Esketamine nasal spray called Spravato was approved by the FDA for use in individuals with treatment-resistant depression. We explore what this means for your treatment and for your wallet.
This episode of Hardcore Self Help is sponsored by Future.
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| 0:00.0 | Depression is actually lethal. Of course sure it's not a matter of a bad mood. 4% of those |
| 0:06.7 | who have depression and 7% of our patient our population has depression 4% of those take their lives every year. |
| 0:14.0 | 25 times that number attempt to take their lives every year. |
| 0:21.0 | This is a very serious public health problem. We have a solution. It's a shame |
| 0:27.1 | it isn't more widely available. |
| 0:31.0 | Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:35.4 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general, |
| 0:39.6 | and some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 0:41.8 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave |
| 0:44.2 | in consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:48.4 | So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. If you need to skip, that's okay, but you know, feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 1:01.0 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your |
| 1:04.7 | psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be direct medical advice and |
| 1:09.5 | you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said let's go ahead and |
| 1:14.0 | get into the show. All right. All right. All right. |
| 1:23.0 | All right. |
| 1:25.0 | All right. |
| 1:27.0 | All right. |
| 1:31.0 | Hello friends of all varieties. this is the Hardcore Self Health Podcast |
| 1:34.8 | Episode 191. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health |
| 1:39.7 | content for real people, just like you, and today I have a really interesting follow-up |
| 1:44.0 | interview for you. So on episode 137 of the podcast I sat down and talked with |
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