Common Questions About Ketamine and Esketamine (Spravato)
Ketamine or esketamine (Spravato) is becoming a popular topic of discussion among mental health providers and patients suffering from depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
Author: Dr. Brian Johns, MD
Brian Johns, MD is a Minneapolis psychiatrist and a mental health leader who helped shape ketamine treatment for depression in Minnesota and the nation. He co-authored a Minnesota VA Hospital medical trial to open the door for ketamine treatment to change--from a revolving-door hospital intervention, to an ongoing regimen at an outpatient clinic--while setting the benchmark for ketamine infusions nationwide. He then developed the region’s first ketamine infusion clinic. Over the past several years, he has administered or overseen thousands of ketamine treatments. Dr. Johns is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency in Psychiatry. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
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