The medical professionals at St. John Mental Health are highly experienced in providing ketamine infusions for mental health conditions. Their approach to care is based on compassion and scientific advancement. By treating depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, bipolar disorder, and more using ketamine, the team at the health center can help patients regain a sense of control over their health.
St. John Mental Health is led by Dr. Martha St. John. She and the highly skilled medical professional team at the clinic provide the best of traditional care with breakthrough treatments. They create functional treatment plans that are tailored to each individual patient’s unique needs for the best chance at a full and speedy recovery. Ketamine therapy is a cutting-edge treatment option for those with mental health disorders.
Offered Treatments
IV Ketamine Infusion Therapy
SPRAVATO (esketamine) nasal spray
Treated Conditions
Depression
Anxiety
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Suicidal ideation
Bipolar disorder
Important Info
If you are not currently a patient of Dr. St. John’s, she will meet with you for a consultation to discuss your psychiatric condition and history. She may want to obtain medical records and/or discuss your diagnosis and treatment history with other doctors whom you have been receiving treatment from.
Patients who are currently receiving psychiatric treatment from Dr. St. John will work with her to determine appropriateness for ketamine infusion therapy during a routinely scheduled appointment or may schedule an additional office visit to discuss the treatment option.
Those with significant elevations of blood pressure may require treatment of their hypertension prior to beginning ketamine infusion therapy.
Ketamine infusion costs vary, and while St. John Mental Health is “in network” with many insurance plans and can bill any required psychiatric evaluations and assessments directly to an insurance company, ketamine infusion therapy for mood and anxiety disorders is rarely reimbursed.
Your Treatment: What to expect at St. John Mental Health
Prior to beginning infusions, clients undergo a full physical and mental health screening. If no contraindications are found, either in pre-existing conditions or in current medications, infusions proceed based on the condition to be treated.
The initial dose is based on several individual factors and may be adjusted with later infusions to maximize patients’ results. The infusion duration for most conditions will be 40 minutes to an hour.
Most responsive patients receive an initial series of 6 (six) infusions. This is generally referred to as acute phase treatment or induction treatment. Some patients will choose to stop receiving IV ketamine therapy after 6 infusions and rely on another form of treatment instead to maintain or sustain improvement in their mood. Other patients choose to obtain IV ketamine therapy on a longer-term basis, eventually returning to the office at various intervals for booster or maintenance infusions.
Who is this treatment for?
Those who have not been helped by conventional treatment strategies have another option with ketamine treatments at St. John Mental Health. Research in the last 7-10 years has shown that ketamine infusions are effective for those suffering from treatment-resistant mental health conditions and chronic pain conditions. Either as an alternative to or a supplement to mainstream treatments, ketamine infusions offer an alternative path to healing for those who have lost hope.
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