Greater empathy in MDMA users.

Molly CarlyleTobias StevensLeah FawazBeth MarshSophia KosmiderCelia Ja Morgan

Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2019)

Long-term MDMA users in this sample exhibited normal psychosocial functioning in regard to empathy and social pain and had higher subjective emotional empathy. This conflicts with previous suggestions that moderate, long-term MDMA use may cause heightened social distress, and is further evidence of the safety of the drug, which is relevant to considerations of its therapeutic use.

Keyphrases

mental health
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