Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health opens in Louisville for treatment-resistant depression

Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health will open in Louisville in August, offering interventional psychiatric care for patients who have not found relief through standard medications. The physician-led practice is aimed at treatment-resistant depression and OCD, with insurance-covered options and a self-pay accelerated treatment program.

Why it matters: - Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health is adding a specialized option in Louisville for patients who need more than standard antidepressants and therapy. - The clinic is designed for people with treatment-resistant depression, OCD and related conditions that often overlap and require different interventions. - The practice accepts most major insurance plans for Standard TMS and Spravato when clinical criteria are met, which can make advanced care more accessible.

What happened: - Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health plans a grand opening in August at 7410 New La Grange Road, Suite 320, in Louisville. - Dr. David Roth, a triple-board-certified physician in Adult Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Pediatrics, founded the physician-led practice. - The clinic is currently accepting new patients and is scheduling appointments ahead of its Aug. 17 opening.

The details: - The practice offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Accelerated TMS and Spravato (esketamine). - Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health uses BrainsWay Deep TMS, an FDA-cleared treatment that uses electromagnetic waves to stimulate brain targets linked to depression, anxious depression, OCD and smoking addiction. - The clinic offers BrainsWay Accelerated SWIFT, which compresses most of a six-week course into six days. - Spravato is offered as an FDA-approved nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression and acute suicidal ideation. - Spravato is administered in clinic under physician supervision and targets the brain’s glutamate system. - Initial consultations include a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, treatment history review and insurance verification. - The practice provides comprehensive evaluations for patients ages 8 and older. - Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health treats major depressive disorder, postpartum depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, OCD, anxiety disorder, tic disorder and ADHD. - Accelerated TMS is currently available on a self-pay basis. - The practice is Louisville-based and physician-owned.

Between the lines: - Dr. Roth is positioning the clinic as a referral-friendly partner for primary care and other local providers, not a replacement for ongoing care. - The opening leans on Dr. Roth’s local ties and his more than 30 years of clinical experience to establish trust in a crowded mental health market. - The focus on interventional psychiatric care reflects a broader shift toward options for patients who have cycled through medications without enough relief.

What’s next: - Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health will begin seeing patients at the Louisville location after the Aug. 17 opening. - The clinic says it will continue partnering with other providers and return patients to their primary clinicians for ongoing management after specialized treatment. - Patients can book evaluations now as the practice ramps up ahead of opening.

The bottom line: - Bluegrass Advanced Mental Health is betting that Louisville patients want faster, physician-led alternatives for hard-to-treat depression, OCD and related disorders.