MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Severe PTSD

Topics: Drug-assisted psychotherapy | MDMA | Novel drug | Psychedelics | PTSD

REVIEW OF: Mitchell JM et al, Nat Med 2021;27(6):1025–1033 STUDY TYPE: Randomized controlled trial MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or molly), is an amphetamine analog that also increases transmission of both serotonin and oxytocin. Prior to the FDA banning it from further research in 1985, MDMA had been develo