PANEL: Ketamine Therapy w/ Wolfson, Bennett, Abdallah, Roston & McInnes

Ketamine therapy is currently expanding across diverse clinical applications, and practitioners are debating how best to utilize its unique properties for treating various conditions, including treatment-resistant depression. Strategies vary from high-dose interventions centered on mystical or transformative experiences to low-dose regimens that focus on rapid symptom management within a psychotherapeutic, set-and-setting framework. Clinicians stress the need for nuanced patient selection and structured administration protocols, highlighting that ketamine administration requires careful consideration of the patient's individual needs. Different dosing patterns, whether administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or orally, demand different therapeutic approaches to achieve optimal patient outcomes while mitigating potential side effects.