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Hopes to open NHS ketamine clinic for treatment resistant depression

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NHS Lothian psychiatrist hopes to set up ketamine clinic by the end of the year .

Private clinic in Lanarkshire began offering ketamine assisted therapy to patients with treatment-resistant depression last summer .

It charges 6,000 for a programme of intravenous ketamine infusions and psychotherapy.

NHS Lothian said it was considering the use of intravenous ketamine as an alternative to ECT .

Dr Anna Ross , a lecturer in health and social policy at the University of Edinburgh , has carried out research with the Eulas clinic.

She is interested in the potential for ketamine to treat depression and addiction problems.

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