Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

The cost-effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD

Elliot Marseille, James G. Kahn, Berra Yazar‐Klosinski, Rick Doblin
PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2020 53 citations

MAPS reports results from a randomized, blinded Phase 3 trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for severe, chronic PTSD (90 people, average 14 years of PTSD). After three MDMA-assisted therapy sessions, 67% of treated participants no longer met the study's PTSD diagnosis and 88% had a clinically meaningful symptom drop, compared with…

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Impact of depression on personal hygiene practices- A cross-sectional study among university students in Bangladesh

Fouzia Akter, Akibul Islam Chowdhury, Md. Nawal Sarwer
journals.plos.org Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

This study surveyed 1,913 university students in Dhaka using the CES-D depression scale and a new 18-item hygiene questionnaire. It found a high level of depression risk and that students who were at risk of depression tended to report worse personal hygiene. Female students reported better hygiene than males. The…

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