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RTP: "Infarmed approves first psychedelic for severe depression for use in hospitals"

According to RTP, the decision applies to patients who have not responded to at least three different antidepressant treatments.

SIC NEWS: Infarmed approves ketamine for severe depression

This approval represents a significant advance in the treatment of resistant depression in Portugal, offering a new therapeutic option for patients who have not responded to conventional treatments.

Prof. Celia Morgan and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy at the 2nd Scientific Conference of The Clinic of Change

The researcher explained that, unlike conventional approaches which often fail to treat the underlying causes of addiction, ketamine acts on the neurological mechanisms responsible for the cognitive rigidity associated with addiction.

Research into Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy highlights the importance of describing therapeutic techniques

The use of psychedelic drugs has been gaining momentum in the treatment of mental illness. It is mainly ketamine that is used in psychotherapy treatments, but studies seem to point to advantages in the clinical use of psilocybin in the treatment of resistant depression, addictive behaviors, eating disorders and pain management.

"The New York Times": Veterans experiment with psychedelic treatments for mental health

Unable to find effective treatments at home, some American war veterans with brain injury symptoms are crossing the border in search of psychedelic therapies that are not yet legal in the US.

"Jornal Económico": The brave new world of ketamine

Clinics specializing in the treatment of mental health problems are springing up all over the world. They are distinguished by the use of ketamine, a hallucinogenic drug used for recreational purposes but which, in medically controlled doses, does what antidepressants cannot. In Lisbon, it's called The Clinic of Change. It treats managers and entrepreneurs for burnout, among other pathologies.

NIHR: Recruitment for clinical trial of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for alcoholism

The largest ever trial investigating whether Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy can help people with alcohol addiction, carried out in partnership between the NIHR (the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Research) and the Medical Research Council, and led by the University of Exeter, is currently recruiting participants.

"Público": Ketamine is already used in five hospitals in cases of resistant depression

It has been used in the treatment of the most resistant depression in Portugal for around four years. São João already offers a therapeutic approach with ketamine.