KETAMINE TREATMENT CENTER

At Apex, we believe in utilizing all available treatment options including newer medications and modalities of treatment. That is why in 2019, we chose to start utilizing Ketamine Therapy for our clients.
Apex is the ONLY psychiatric practice to offer this novel treatment option in the Pensacola region, and our experienced team has successfully treated numerous clients with great success. 

Approximately 1/3 of all people with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) meet the criteria for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) and often fail to respond to traditional therapies alone. The effects of Ketamine in depression and TRD are well established and based on extensive clinical research over more than 17 years. Ketamine has also been used successfully for treating other psychiatric conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Panic Disorder.

Call for your initial consultation to see if Ketamine Therapy might be an appropriate option for you. We encourage you to follow the links below and educate yourself about Ketamine. Initiating treatment with Ketamine is a more involved process than some other treatment options. Please review and decide if the process is something that is feasible for you before you schedule your consultation. Scheduling your initial consultation does not guarantee treatment with Ketamine if it is not appropriate for you or your condition.

You can be referred by your treating psychiatrist or psychiatric APRN and continue to follow-up with them while receiving treatment with Ketamine at our center. If you feel that Ketamine Therapy is a good option for you, then call our office or fill out the new evaluation form on our contact page. Please Indicate in the comment section that you are interested in Ketamine Therapy. The initial consultation fee is the same as our Psychiatric Evaluation fee unless you are already an established client. Apex's Ketamine administration fees can be found in the document below. Our fees have been designed to be approximately what a specialist's copay would be per visit. We hope that this fee schedule allows Ketamine to be obtainable by the majority of clients needing this novel treatment option.

​**APEX'S KETAMINE ADMINISTRATION FEES**

Ketamine In The News

Ketamine for Major Depression

​​Ketamine was once used mainly as an anesthetic on battlefields and in operating rooms. Now this medication is gaining ground as a promising treatment for some cases of major depression...

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​health.harvard.edu

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How New Ketamine Drug Helps with Depression
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​​On March 5, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first truly new medication for major depression in decades. 
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​ yalemedicine.org

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​Largest Study on Ketamine for Depression
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​​​​The study is a statistical analysis of 8 million reports, from 2004 to 2016, from the FDA's Adverse Effect Reporting System database. 
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​​​​    nature.com

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​... "How Do You Not Offer This Drug To People?"

​​Gerard Sanacora, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University, has treated hundreds of severely depressed patients with low doses of ketamine, an anesthetic and...

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​​    npr.org

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​National Alliance on Mental Illness Ask the Doctor Webinar on Ketamine Depression
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​​Cristina Cusin, MD, Harvard University psychiatrist and ketamine researcher, talks and answers questions about use of ketamine for depression.

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   nami.org