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Psychiatrist explores possible benefits of treating PTSD with ecstasy or cannabis

from NPR

Psychiatrist explores possible benefits of treating PTSD with ecstasy or cannabis NPR People who have been taking antidepressants for several years sometimes hit a wall, a point when that treatment no longer seems to ease their symptoms. Psychiatrist Julie Holland says that's where psychedelic drugs could help. Holland was in charge of Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric emergency room on the weekends from 1996 until 2005, and currently has a private psychotherapy practice in Manhattan. She's a medical monitor on the MAPS studies, which involve, in part, developing psychedelics into prescription medication. READ MORE

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