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Compare psychedelic-assisted therapy options with clinical context.

Review evidence, safety, access, cost, and provider questions for ketamine, psilocybin-assisted therapy, MDMA-assisted therapy, and esketamine/Spravato.

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Private Insurance Prior Authorization for Spravato

For Canadians with private extended-health benefits, Spravato (intranasal esketamine) is the most likely-covered psychedelic-assisted therapy product through prior authorization. Major Canadian private insurers...

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PSHCP / Canada Life Spravato Coverage

The Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP), administered by Canada Life, covers approximately 1.5 million federal public servants, retirees, and dependants. PSHCP's prior-authorization pathway for Spravato...

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Does Ketamine Therapy Get You High?

The short answer: ketamine therapy produces an altered state of consciousness, but calling it a "high" misrepresents what's actually happening. Sub-anaesthetic clinical doses produce a temporary dissociative...

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Group Ketamine Therapy

Most ketamine-assisted therapy in Canada is delivered in an individual format. The published exception — and Canada's most established group KAT model — is Roots to Thrive in Nanaimo, BC, in partnership with...

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How Many Ketamine Treatments Do I Need?

The honest answer is it depends. The acute course supported by the largest evidence base — CANMAT 2021's recommendation for IV racemic ketamine in treatment-resistant depression — is 4 to 8 sessions over 2 to 3...

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How to Qualify for Ketamine Therapy in Canada

Ketamine therapy is a medical treatment with specific clinical indications, real contraindications, and provincial regulatory rules about where and how it can be administered. Eligibility is a clinical decision made...

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