Could MDMA-Assisted Therapy Help Treat Anorexia?
A Toronto psychedelic therapy clinic has been selected as a trial site for a new study on MDMA-assisted therapy for eating disorders.
Can MDMA-assisted therapy help treat eating disorders, like anorexia? That’s what a new study, funded by the U.S.-based non-profit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), is looking to find out.
While the safety and efficacy of MDMA-assisted therapy is still being investigated (and it is not approved by Health Canada for treatment of any mental health conditions), Ronan Levy, founder of Canadian mental wellness company Field Trip Health – the Toronto location of which has been selected as one of the trial sites for the study – points to previous studies that showed promise in the treatment for those diagnosed with PTSD. In a phase two trial conducted by MAPS, 54 percent of participants in the active treatment group no longer qualified for a diagnosis of PTSD after completi