{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Revisited - Ketamine Infusion Therapy: Expert Dr. Craig Heacock Discusses Safe Protocols & Risks","description":"In this revisited episode of Beyond the Balance Sheet, Dr. Craig Heacock joins us. He is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and addiction specialist in Colorado and the host and co-producer of the podcast Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories. First, Dr. Heacock gives us a brief history of ketamine from the last fifty years as an FDA-approved drug. We talk about how ketamine became a go-to treatment for resistant depression and bipolar disorder. Tune in as Dr. Heacock reveals how a state-of-the-art assessment delivery and follow-up for ketamine would look like.   IN THIS EPISODE:   [02:00] Ketamine: a brief history of the past fifty years.   [05:00] How would a state-of-the-art assessment delivery and follow-up for ketamine look like?   [09:00] Who is running the ketamine clinics if there\u2019s a shortage of psychiatrists?   [11:55] How money and profit drive some of this ketamine delivery.  [16:09] Dr. Heacock\u2019s experience with individuals who abuse ketamine.   KEY TAKEAWAYS:   Ketamine is a go-to treatment for resistant depression and bipolar disorder. A state-of-the-art ketamine therapy involves a true psychiatric evaluation to see if there are other things that should be happening first. Ketamine does not replace medications; it augments them and helps them work better. Most people that are receiving ketamine treatments are very middle class. LINKS MENTIONED: craigheacockmd.com   Podcast: Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/back-from-the-abyss-psychiatry-in-stories\/id1469826718   Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theabysspod\/   Instagram https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/backfromtheabysspodcast\/   LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/craig-heacock-md-1a8618196 BIO: Dr. Craig Heacock is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and addiction specialist in Colorado and the host and co-producer of the podcast Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories. He was a co-therapist in the Phase 3 trial of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD and has particular interest in the use of ketamine and other psychedelics to treat severe mood disorders and PTSD. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and did his psychiatry training at Brown University. ","author_name":"Beyond The Balance Sheet Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/beyondthebalancesheet.libsyn.com\/website","html":"