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Ketamine

Rumi Mind Health’s expert interventional psychiatrists provide this highly effective, rapid acting depression treatment. This takes place in an optimized, compassionate and personalized enviornment to maximize your chances of success. We offer IV ketamine treatment for depression in a safe, supportive setting, delivering fast relief for those with treatment-resistant depression. As a trusted ketamine treatment center, Rumi Mind Health provides expert IV ketamine therapy in Connecticut.

Highlights

Effective

IV Ketamine is among the most effective treatments available in psychiatry, and has shown to be at least as effective as ECT in treatment of major depressive disorder without psychosis

Safe

While IV ketamine's use for mood disorders remains off-label, it now has decades of data including from large multi-center trials from across the world showing it to be well tolerated and safe if used according to the evidence.

Affordable

While IV Ketamine is not currently covered by most insurance providers, some are starting to provide coverage for it. It remains an affordable option especially for patients who have high deductible insurance or need to pay out of pocket for their treatments.

General Eligibility

You may be eligible for IV Ketamine treatment if you are:

18 years or older (Patients aged 16-18 may be considered on a case by case basis.
Struggling from treatment resistant depression (failed at least 2 antidepressants), depression with suicidal ideation, or bipolar depression*
Do not have a history of aneurysmal disorders or intracerebral hemorrhage
Currently connected with a psychiatrist or other psychiatric prescriber (APRN/PA) who is referring you for this treatment**

*Patients with bipolar depression need to be on adequate mood stabilizing agents.

**If you are not currently connected to a psychiatric provider but otherwise meet the criteria, or if you prefer to initiate the process yourself, use our outpatient psychiatry application instead, and mention your interest in this treatment in the comment section

Self Referral

**If you are connected with a psychiatric provider, you can ask them to initiate the referral process. We have made the referral process very simple. Providers can utilize the online referral system, or call us at 203-707-2000 to initiate a referral. Once we receive the referral, a member of our team will reach out to you.

Provider Referral

Treatment Overview

Once you are deemed eligible for the treatment, you will start a course of treatment that is typically twice a week for 4 weeks (a total of 8 treatments). After this course, based on your response and other factors, a decision will be made to either stop the treatment or to slowly taper it. In general, a tapering course consists of slowly going to once a week, then once every two weeks, and so on. While some patients need long-term treatment at various frequencies, many others are able to stop the treatment and maintain the gains for months or years afterwards.