It's essential that people feel they are in a safe, comfortable setting with someone who can oversee the experience, says Alicia Danforth, a clinical psychologist at the Harbor — UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, who is involved in MAPS - sponsored
trials studying MDMA's effects on social anxiety in adults with autism.
Not exact matches
The results, which mirror those of similar, small - scale
studies of the illegal drug in recent years, come as
MDMA is about to enter larger, Phase 3
trials this summer.
The
study, sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic
Studies, was the first FDA - approved
trial evaluating
MDMA's therapeutic applications.