Study Finds That MDMA May Be Useful in Treating Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a severe mental health condition that may have damaging emotional and physical consequences for the sufferer. Common eating disorders include bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and anorexia nervosa. New research has found that MDMA-assisted therapy decreased symptoms of eating disorders in adults suffering from severe PTSD. MDMA, which is commonly known as ecstasy, has demonstrated promise in the treatment of a range of mental health conditions, especially when administered in combination with other therapeutic interventions. The FDA recently granted breakthrough therapy designation for MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, recognizing that it had shown significant improvement over…
