MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Improves PTSD

By |2018-06-05T15:12:24-07:00June 5th, 2018|Brief Bulletins from the Field, Featured, We Know Psychiatry|

MIAMI — Adding methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), also known as ecstasy, to intensive psychotherapy appears to relieve posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), regardless of the cause, pooled data from six phase 2 studies show. The findings were presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) 2018 annual meeting. The pooled data from the [...]

Experimental ADHD Drugs Aimed at Aggression, Genetic Targets

By |2021-11-11T17:07:48-08:00June 14th, 2017|Brief Bulletins from the Field, We Know Psychiatry|

MIAMI – Medications in development for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) target specific behaviors, such as impulsive aggression, and genes that involve the glutamatergic network, new research shows. In the first of two studies presented here at the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology (ASCP), researchers reported on improvements in [...]

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