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Psychotherapists, researchers and specialists say that MDMA has shifted the paradigm when it comes to the treatment of trauma. Could the medical legalization of psychedelics mean that… Ecstasy could shortly be coming to a therapist near you? KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian speaks with Bessel van der Kolk, psychiatrist and one of the world’s leading experts on trauma, about MDMA clinical trials and how trauma physically manifests within the body. Van Der Kolk is author of “The Body Keeps Score; Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.”
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On 5/10/21 at 5:00 AM EDT
A couple hours after taking his first dose of the mind-altering drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, Bessel Van Der Kolk lay down on a couch in the presence of two psychotherapists, put on an eyeshade, and allowed himself to sink into a quiet, hypnotic state.
Van Der Kolk, one of the world s foremost experts on trauma, had agreed to ingest the potent compound, known to generations of recreational illegal drug users by its street names Ecstasy or Molly, because he was the principal investigator in a rigorous 15-site, phase III, clinical trial. The object was to evaluate the effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in patients suffering from extreme Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As such, he d been told, he was required to have first-hand experience with the drug.