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This is delightful news. I really hope in the coming decades the research of organizations like MAPS get more attention and become completely mainstream. Makin
by newbie789 6y ago
This is delightful news. I really hope in the coming decades the research of organizations like MAPS get more attention and become completely mainstream.
Making psychedelics Schedule 1 set us back decades that could have been spent doing important research on a large number of mental health conditions.
- rdmirza 6y agoMAPS (multidisciplinary association of psychedelic studies) is systematically demonstrating the positive effects of psychedelics. Their most impressive work is in PTSD. In Phase 2 trials, they took people with established PTSD (for years) and undertook ~3 guided psychotherapy sessions with MDMA. Within 2 months, 53% no longer met criteria for PTSD and at 12 months 68% didn't. Far more efficacious that anything else we have. Powerful tool for psychologic healing.
- chmod775 6y agoWhat about the control groups in those trials? How many people? Hard to tell how effective the treatment is with nothing to compare to.
- MacsHeadroom 6y ago22% in the drug-free therapy control groups. It's a pretty major difference. Psychedelics work at changing the mind and they work astonishingly well, provided their consumption accompanies skilled counseling. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-019-05249-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-019-05249-5
- james_s_tayler 6y agoEMDR also works.