Spring Center of Hope Blog and News
Stories about the Spring Center of Hope, ketamine infusion and relief from depression and pain.
Insomnia and Our Mental Health
”The best cure for insomnia, is sleep.” (W.C. Fields) If it were only that simple. Sleep has a stigma associated with it, perhaps several stigmas. We reward or envy those who only “need” 4 hours of sleep to function. We celebrate “pulling an all-nighter”...
Ketamine Therapy Essential Service During COVID-19 Pandemic
It goes without saying that COVID-19 is on the minds of nearly every American. The societal and economic disruption is almost without precedent. As government officials and clinicians wrestle with issues of how to protect the public, there seem to be more questions than answers. The mental health effects of COVID-19 are as important to address as are the physical health effects. Social isolation, school closures, lack of structure, financial difficulties, and unemployment are among the many stressors related to COVID-19 that have significant impacts on mental well-being.
Understanding Alcohol Addiction and How Ketamine Can Help Prevent Relapse
Alcohol addiction is deadly, we know this. It does not just punish the addict, it punishes their family and society. For those who find sobriety alone or with help from a detox program, staying sober is a lifelong challenge. Relapse occurs when one resumes drinking...
Spravato Esketamine: What we know so far….
The FDA approved a new esketamine nasal spray medication for treatment-resistant depression called Spravato, trade name for Esketamine on March 5, 2019. We’ve had many inquiries about the medication at our practice and I thought it would be beneficial to all of you to...
Ketamine and Psychotherapy: Working Together
Ketamine infusion psychotherapy is not just a passing fad in the treatment of depression, suicidal thoughts, PTSD and other mental health issues. Each week continues to bring more studies to support the breakthrough use of this time-honored drug. Ketamine has been in...
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: How Ketamine Can Help
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe mood disorder, is characterized by mental health and physical symptoms in the week before the onset of menstruation and affects millions of women worldwide[i]. It is a much more intense form of PMS. Ketamine infusion...
How to Make Your Ketamine Treatment Therapy More Effective
After trying and failing multiple medications for depression, PTSD or suicidal thoughts, ketamine treatment therapy promises to be a beacon for help. It is an entirely different medicinal approach for rewiring the brain and relieving debilitating symptoms. Ketamine...
Which Medications May Affect Ketamine Therapy?
There is one thing almost all ketamine therapy patients have in common: they are taking daily medications to manage their condition. Ketamine therapy is growing in popularity for the treatment of mood disorders, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal...
Anxiety Treatments With Ketamine
About Anxiety Anxiety and anxiety treatments are a hot topic among social media. This is not surprising considering anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the United States each year. Sadly, less than 40% receive anxiety treatment, according to the ADAA...
Mental Health and Teens: Why Ketamine May Be an Option
kMental Health and Teens: Why Ketamine Treatments May Be an Option The Statistics The numbers are staggering. 20% of teens age 13-18 have a mental health condition. 50% of cases of mental illness begin by age 14. 90% of those dead by suicide had an underlying mental...
The Stigma of Mental Illness
What does mental illness look like? Is it the man standing on the street corner talking to himself? Is it the woman huddled on the couch all day, or the prisoner pacing his small cell? Let us refocus. What if it is your extroverted coworker, or your son’s energetic...
Ketamine & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The term Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has much deeper meaning than many of us may realize. It is not uncommon to hear it casually used in daily conversation, often as a joke. True OCD patients suffer out of proportion to what the public can see or...
Ketamine for Chronic Pain
Ketamine is well known for decades to relieve acute pain in the emergency room, operating room, on the battlefield and in the burn unit. Now, scientists are explaining how it helps with chronic neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is essentially pain that arises from a...
A Novel Approach to Suicidal Thoughts
There is an urgent need to treat those suffering from suicidal thoughts and attempts. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides up-to-date, startling statistics for the US and individual states. Reported annual completed suicides now hover at over...
PTSD: How Ketamine Therapy Can Help
“More than 70% of adults worldwide experience a traumatic event at some time in their lives, and 31% experience four or more events.” Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs anywhere from 1.3% to 12.2% in a lifetime. This depends on the country and people that...
What Is Ketamine Infusion Therapy?
The burden of depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and suicide are extreme and well documented. The National Institute of Health predicts depression will be the 2nd leading cause of disability in Western nations in the next 20 years. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of...
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- Treatment resistant depression
- Suicidal Ideations
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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