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There’s an unexpected mental health treatment that’s been popping up everywhere — from Hollywood to suburban Salt Lake: ketamine therapy.
Ketamine is a hallucinogenic drug — sometimes known on the streets as Special K. But in recent years, it’s become a legit therapeutic option for hard-to-treat depression.
Host Peter O’Dowd is joined by Dr. Paul Carlson, an associate professor and the training director of the general psychiatry resident program with the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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