Ketamine has been used in medicine and veterinary medicine for decades as an anesthetic and pain reliever, but for some Albertans, the dissociative drug has become a savior in the fight against depression and other mental health problems.

"He literally changed my life," says Cassandra Walker, who suffered from depression for most of her teenage years and throughout her adult life. "I was a person who couldn't get out of bed, woke up in the morning with paralyzing anxiety and almost couldn't explain why."

A woman from Spruce Grove said that her life was like a roller coaster of trials of different drugs, endless visits to doctors, intensive psychotherapy and counseling: “When I was at the height, I visited (my therapist) one to two times a week ". Further…

Somatic (physical) health is the most important component in the complex structure of human health. This state of the organism is characterized by the adaptive possibilities of adaptation to various environmental factors, the level of physical development, the functional and physical readiness of the organism to perform physical exercises. It is determined by the body's ability to self-regulate.

Psychologists distinguish such concepts as "mental health" and "psychological health" for the purpose of clarification. The first is connected with individual mental processes and mechanisms, and the second with the individual in general and in close connection with the highest manifestations of the human spirit. According to many authors, a close relationship between these concepts is shown, for example, at three levels of health: psychophysiological, individual-psychological, and personal. Further…