Psilocybin, the psychedelic component of magic mushrooms, could help treat depression and other mental health disorders, with or without the hallucinogenic experience.
How MDMA-assisted therapy could treat PTSD in ways current therapy can t
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MDMA, also known as “ecstasy” or “Molly,” has traditionally been thought of as a party drug. But now, researchers are finding promising results for MDMA-assisted therapy as a potential treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
A recent phase 3 clinical trial found that MDMA, in combination with talk therapy, was significantly more effective than talk therapy alone, according to results published in Nature Medicine.
The psychedelic revolution is coming. Psychiatry may never be the same
By Andrew Jacobs New York Times,Updated May 9, 2021, 9:24 p.m.
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Rick Doblin, director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a nonprofit research group, at his home in Belmont, Mass. on April 9, 2021. A new study shows that MDMA, the illegal drug known as Ecstasy or Molly, can bring relief when paired with talk therapy to those with severe post-traumatic stress disorder.RONY LUONG/NYT
Itâs been a long, strange trip in the four decades since Rick Doblin, a pioneering psychedelics researcher, dropped his first hit of acid in college and decided to dedicate his life to the healing powers of mind-altering compounds. Even as anti-drug campaigns led to the criminalization of Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms, and drove most researchers from the field, Doblin continued his quixotic crusade with financial help from his parents.
It s an emerging health issue that Simon came to appreciate through the firsthand frustration of watching people in his life suffering not just from mental illness, but from the failure of existing and costly medical treatments.
Drugs long stigmatized, such as psilocybin and MDMA, are rising in profile as mental illness treatment options. Just last week, results from a phase 3 trial of MDMA combined with talk therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder showed results that were impressive. This is a pivotal event, said Elemer Piros, a biotech analyst at Roth Capital Partners who covers the emerging alternative mental health treatment space. It may not seem humongous, but it is one of the best and most rigorously executed trials in the space. And the results corroborate what we have seen time and time again from smaller studies over the past two decades, he said, referencing remission rates double that of a placebo. The magical experiences kept showing up, but no one had the co
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