Study: Ecstasy Trauma Recovery Help
Cancer August 31st, 2010
emotional disturbances due to post-traumatic stress is usually treated with psychotherapy or talk therapy. To increase the success of these therapies, scientists are now offering to help ecstasy.
Small-scale study conducted on 20 patients showed that psychotropic drugs are safe and enhance the effects of psychotherapy. Help psychiatrist in psychotherapy is needed to deal with emotional disturbances in the form of excessive sadness, fear, or feeling of emptiness.
Because new to the respondents who tested were little, and now U.S. scientists plan to conduct trials on larger groups, namely at a military veteran. Still, experts are still waiting for other evidence that supports these initial results.
In a study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the research team revealed that the patients selected in this research only those who are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for several years and failed in other mental recovery therapy.
At trial, patients given 28-hour schedule of sessions of psychotherapy for several weeks apart. A total of 12 people given ekstaksi and eight women were given placebo pills. Two months later, 10 of 12 patients who received ecstasy showed a positive response to therapy. In contrast, only two of eight patients who received placebo showed improvement.
So far not reported any adverse effects from the use of psychotropic drugs in the study. According to Dr. Michael Mithoefer, chief researcher, therapy for patients with PTSD will bring the patient “come again” a traumatic condition.
Psychotherapy is a process to reduce or control the problems and painful symptoms so that patients can return to normal.
Although most people who undergo psychotherapy felt a significant development, this treatment is not something that can be expected to solve problems quickly. Failure of this therapy is often because patients do not want to open themselves or their feelings are “blunt”. “The use of psychotropic drugs will make patients more entry in zone therapy and help them process the trauma,” said Mithoefer.
