The FDA's decision to reject midomafetamine (MDMA) capsules in combination with assisted psychotherapy (MDMA-AT) for adults with PTSD reignited the controversial conversation around investigative ...

Also known as molly or ecstasy, MDMA has the potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But psychedelic-assisted therapy can only be administered by a trained professional. Without the ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. For a while, MDMA looked poised to make history. After decades of advocacy from impassioned supporters, the party drug best known ...

Credit: Getty Images. Significant factors limit MDMA’s ability to be used in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Significant factors limit MDMA’s ability to be used in the treatment of ...

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known colloquially as Molly and Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug with effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine. It was first synthesized in 1912 by ...

When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) last year, the details of its objections were not ...

As psychedelic-assisted therapy grows in popularity, several substances are being recognized for their potential in treating trauma. Psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA have emerged as some of the most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are two FDA-approved medications for PTSD, both selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The FDA has not ...

Rick Doblin spent more than 30 years trying to turn the psychedelic drug MDMA into an accepted medical treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug ...

About 11% of Australians will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their life. PTSD is a mental health disorder people may develop after experiencing or witnessing a ...

Since emerging in prominence on the party scene in the 1980s, ecstasy has become a staple of festival and rave culture. But the drug also carries far more risks today than it did back then − and some ...