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    Infusion Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Ensuring Nova Scotians have accessible and equitable mental health care support.

Thanks to generous donor support of the QEII Foundation’s $100-million We Are campaign, Nova Scotian now have access to an infusion therapy option for treatment-resistant depression at the QEII Health Sciences Centre — providing life-changing treatment for the estimated 17,000 Nova Scotians living with treatment-resistant depression. 

This infusion therapy is an evidence-based treatment that has been shown to bring remarkable — almost immediate — relief to severe and untreatable cases of depression. But barriers to infusions have been high as traditionally there has been limited access and long wait times for this treatment option.

YOUR IMPACT
REDUCING GAPS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE SUPPORT

Thanks to donor support, the Mood Disorders Clinic at the QEII Health Sciences Centre has been able to provide infusion therapy for up to eight patients a day — an increase from one patient a week receiving relief. 

The $370,000 investment from generous QEII Foundation donors has funded support-staffing resources and created treatment space at the QEII where patients can receive infusions. 

Infusion therapy for treatment-resistant depression has long been out of reach for many Nova Scotians. Support like yours has allowed those suffering access to timely, appropriate therapy, providing hope and relief for patients who have exhausted all other treatment options.   

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