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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. These drugs have often become the sole treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders including clinical depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other approved and off-label uses of these drugs. Are they as effective and safe as psychiatry claims?

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Spravato Approved for Treatment-Resistant Depression

ADDitude

Esketamine is a form of the dissociative agent ketamine , commonly used as an anesthetic; it works by targeting the neurotransmitter glutamate. Due to these potential risks, the treatment is available only through the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program and must be self-administered in certified health care settings.