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Spotlight: Charting a New Frontier: Integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approaches with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
"Psychedelics are being integrated with established cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs).MDMA is a focus of recent research of psychedelic-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy.Six papers explore interesting and important questions on how to leverage the potential of psychedelics to augment CBTs."
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Psychedelics as pharmacotherapeutics for substance use disorders: A scoping review on clinical trials and perspectives on underlying neurobiology (Wittenkeller, et al, 2025)
"enhancing baseline dopamine while minimising excessive drug-induced dopamine surges may help normalise motivational circuits and reduce relapse risk."
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Spotlight: MDMA + Psychotherapy as a treatment for major depressive disorder: proof of principle study (Kvam, et al, 2025)
"There were no adverse events of special interest, and no unexpected or serious adverse events. The study met the primary objectives of safety and feasibility, and provided indications of efficacy for MDMA-AT for MDD. Further studies with a randomised design are required to confirm these findings."