Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and its Accessibility to Communities in Georgia
Disciplines
Ethnic Studies | Other Rhetoric and Composition | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Reading and Language | Rhetoric | Rhetoric and Composition
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Ketamine therapies, clinics, and resources are unobtainable to those most in need of their potential benefits due to the barriers of price, availability, and clinic location. This is proven through the recent ketamine drug shortages, the biased locations of ketamine clinics in high-income areas, and the excessive costs of ketamine. Demographic and geographic data has been collected from ten ketamine clinics to compare the greater access that certain communities have over others in the state of Georgia. The research techniques used are the collection of quantitative data and qualitative data from clinics in Georgia to analyze ketamine costs and treatment protocols in the context of geographic and demographic information. In addition, a rhetorical analysis of ketamine patent products will be conducted to further illustrate the presence of barriers associated with limiting access. When research is completed, it is expected that communities in most need of ketamine treatment will be excluded through its inaccessibility. This research will bring awareness to the effects of ketamine shortages and its impact on many communities in Georgia and beyond.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
RCHSS - English
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Amanda Pratt
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and its Accessibility to Communities in Georgia
Ketamine therapies, clinics, and resources are unobtainable to those most in need of their potential benefits due to the barriers of price, availability, and clinic location. This is proven through the recent ketamine drug shortages, the biased locations of ketamine clinics in high-income areas, and the excessive costs of ketamine. Demographic and geographic data has been collected from ten ketamine clinics to compare the greater access that certain communities have over others in the state of Georgia. The research techniques used are the collection of quantitative data and qualitative data from clinics in Georgia to analyze ketamine costs and treatment protocols in the context of geographic and demographic information. In addition, a rhetorical analysis of ketamine patent products will be conducted to further illustrate the presence of barriers associated with limiting access. When research is completed, it is expected that communities in most need of ketamine treatment will be excluded through its inaccessibility. This research will bring awareness to the effects of ketamine shortages and its impact on many communities in Georgia and beyond.