Here’s how psychedelics can help treat PTSD in veterans

AXIOS October 31, 2023
Shawna Chen

The push to use psychedelics as treatment for veterans with PTSD is gaining momentum across the country — and the Bay Area is taking the lead.

Why it matters: Studies show that MDMAs reduce PTSD symptoms and functional impairment. Advocates are working to secure FDA approval of its use in a bid to more effectively tackle the suicide epidemic among veterans.

State of play: Veterans Affairs Palo Alto is gearing up to recruit and screen participants for its own clinical trials with MDMA-assisted therapy, according to Stanford psychiatry professor Trisha Suppes, who is overseeing the research.

• Under current protocol, patients are administered the compound three times over a 12- to 14-week period in a controlled, supervised setting with therapists.
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