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Effects of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD on self-experience.

Bessel A van der KolkJulie B WangRachel YehudaLeah BedrosianAllison R CokerCharlotte HarrisonMichael MithoeferBerra Yazar-KlosinskiAmy EmersonRick Doblin
Published in: PloS one (2024)
Compared with Therapy with placebo, MDMA-assisted therapy had significant positive effects on transdiagnostic mental processes of self-experience which are often associated with poor treatment outcome. This provides a possible window into understanding the psychological capacities facilitated by psychedelic agents that may result in significant improvements in PTSD symptomatology.
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