Helping Your Child's Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma
A Parent's Guide to Ketamine Therapy for Teens
This comprehensive guide provides an overview for parents considering alternative treatment options for their teens who are struggling with trauma, anxiety, or depression. It includes details about ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, what to expect, how it's administered, and the impact it can have on your teen's mental health.
Download the e-book to learn:
In this e-book you'll learn:
- What Ketamine is and how it's administered
- How Ketamine compares to traditional psychiatric medicine
- The impact of Ketamine Therapy coupled with Psychotherapy can have on your teen
- The side effects and risks associated with Ketamine Therapy treatments and teens
FAQs About Ketamine Therapy for Teens & Adolescents in Denver
In addition to treating depression Ketamine Therapy helps with:
Yes, most experts consider IV ketamine infusions to be the gold standard in administering this life-changing medication. Infusions allow a much deeper, more dissociative, and more introspective experience than nasal sprays or oral forms of ketamine. Even though ketamine isn’t technically a psychedelic medicine, it is often grouped with other psychedelics because of the experience that infusions (and also IM injections) can provide.
One key advantage of infusions is that they allow us to adjust the speed at which you receive ketamine in the middle of a session. Infusions can even be paused or diluted with additional fluids if the experience feels too intense. This is especially important when treating young adults or adolescents to ensure they feel they are in a safe environment. Because of this flexibility, infusions ensure the experience isn’t too strong or too weak. With pills, nasal sprays, and even injections, it isn’t possible to reduce or increase the rate and intensity during a treatment, which can lead to experiences that are too intense or not intense enough for many patients’ preferences. It should also be noted that both infusions and IM injections allow you to absorb higher dosages than pills and nasal sprays can provide.
Another important thing to consider in deciding which treatment is right for you is that pills and nasal sprays do not provide the more profound, dissociative experience that many patients prefer. There is even evidence-based ketamine research that shows this dissociative experience may help the antidepressant effects of ketamine last longer.
Usually 6-9 infusions are recommended, along with periodic maintenance infusions. Some patients choose ketamine to replace their traditional depression medication altogether, which might require more frequent maintenance infusions. At Ballen Medical, we require our teenage and adolescents to also see one of our in-house therapists to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment. We also like to ensure we're able to collaborate between provider and therapist on progress and next steps for their treatment plans.
We currently offer IV Ketamine infusions for $390-$440 per infusion depending on whether you receive it as part of a package or as a standalone infusion. You can see our full IV menu for pricing on all of our infusions and injections. We also have financing options available. The infusions do not include the cost of the psychiatric evaluation that Dr. Ballen does which is about 90 minutes for anyone under the age of 18.
Ballen Medical & Wellness is a cash pay clinic and does not accept insurance, but out-of-network benefits can be applied. We are also able to submit super bills to your insurance but reimbursement amounts are determined by your insurance provider. Please call us for more details.
Yes, Ballen Medical and Wellness is one of the only clinics in the state of Colorado and United States who provides Ketamine Therapy to teenagers and adolescents. We have families travel from all parts of the world to get safe, compassionate, and effective treatment for their children at our clinic.
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