48 min

Ep 101: How Ketamine Infusion Therapy is Treating Mental Health Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs

    • Medicine

The dynamic field of psychotropic medication has seen groundbreaking results with the introduction of dissociative therapies. This episode hopes to shed light on the use of ketamine for mental health and chronic pain relief and put an emphasis on how CRNAs are uniquely positioned to benefit from its application. Dr. Nicholas Kalynych and Brian Hogan of Sunbelt Wellness Institute will join the show to help us do that.
 
Read more about the show here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/ep-101-how-ketamine-infusion-therapy-is-treating-mental-health/2700/
 
Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf
 
What we discuss on this episode:
2:22 – What we’re talking about today
3:04 – Background on our guests
6:32 – What’s important about this topic right now?
7:21 – This history and uses of ketamine
10:28 – Microdosing  
12:52 – Stigma of mental health  
14:25 – Ketamine with other anti-depressants
16:19 – What’s the stigma attached to ketamine
18:09 – How their business got involved with this treatment.  
21:23 – Insurance not covering this right now   
22:36 – How can CRNAs get more involved with this?  
24:30 – Why CRNAs are uniquely qualified
27:39 – How did these uses for ketamine come about?
30:24 – The role of a psychiatrist
34:30 – How they help people get started with this.
38:53 – How is COVID impacting supply?
45:03 – Final message on the topic
 

The dynamic field of psychotropic medication has seen groundbreaking results with the introduction of dissociative therapies. This episode hopes to shed light on the use of ketamine for mental health and chronic pain relief and put an emphasis on how CRNAs are uniquely positioned to benefit from its application. Dr. Nicholas Kalynych and Brian Hogan of Sunbelt Wellness Institute will join the show to help us do that.
 
Read more about the show here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/ep-101-how-ketamine-infusion-therapy-is-treating-mental-health/2700/
 
Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf
 
What we discuss on this episode:
2:22 – What we’re talking about today
3:04 – Background on our guests
6:32 – What’s important about this topic right now?
7:21 – This history and uses of ketamine
10:28 – Microdosing  
12:52 – Stigma of mental health  
14:25 – Ketamine with other anti-depressants
16:19 – What’s the stigma attached to ketamine
18:09 – How their business got involved with this treatment.  
21:23 – Insurance not covering this right now   
22:36 – How can CRNAs get more involved with this?  
24:30 – Why CRNAs are uniquely qualified
27:39 – How did these uses for ketamine come about?
30:24 – The role of a psychiatrist
34:30 – How they help people get started with this.
38:53 – How is COVID impacting supply?
45:03 – Final message on the topic
 

48 min