{"id":261786,"date":"2024-10-05T01:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T01:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/05\/mdma-was-hyped-as-a-promising-treatment-for-ptsd-what-went-wrong\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:58","slug":"mdma-was-hyped-as-a-promising-treatment-for-ptsd-what-went-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/05\/mdma-was-hyped-as-a-promising-treatment-for-ptsd-what-went-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD \u2013 what went wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MDMA has long been used recreationally but it has faced obstacles getting approved for medical therapies<\/p>\n

Shutterstock \/ Couperfield<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future is psychedelic,\u201d declared Rick Doblin<\/a>, founder of Lykos Therapeutics, at a conference on psychedelic drugs last year. Several studies, many of them funded by Lykos, had provided tantalising signs that pairing MDMA with talk therapy could dramatically reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As a result, Doblin was one of many advocates touting the drug as key to revolutionising mental healthcare.<\/p>\n

But just a year later,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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