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MDMA may help treat PTSD – but beware of claims that Ecstasy is a magic bullet

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imagePTSD is typically treated with therapy and sometimes medications, under the care of a psychiatrist. SDI Productions/Getty Images

Recent clinical trials, including one soon to be published in Nature Medicine, have suggested that MDMA combined with psychotherapy may help treat post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The news generated considerable...

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