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Title Ecstasy could help post traumatic stress sufferers
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According to research, the dance drug can help the tortured victims of post traumatic stress overcome their demons.

In tests, the illegal drug had a dramatic effect on previously untreatable patients who had suffered post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for more than 19 years.

Doctors in the US held two eight-hour psychotherapy sessions three to five weeks apart for the patients during which they administered the ecstasy chemical MDMA. Two months later, 80% of those treated no longer had symptoms that met the medical definition of PTSD
Release Date 19/07/2010
Source Press Association

 

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