Abstract

Comment: This current study describes the therapeutic use of MDMA by committed experts in a specialised setting in a small group of participants, most of whom self-referred for the trial.

The unmet need for better PTSD treatment, particularly in veterans and first responders, is undoubted.

However, the generalisability of the benefit of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to more mainstream psychiatry remains to be established, recalling perhaps the famous American watchword, “Will it play in Peoria?”

Citations

Cipriani, Andrea and Cowen, Philip J. 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in service personnel. Lancet Psychiatry 2018-06-01, Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 453-455

URI: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/orka/title/34-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-for-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-service-personnel/