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Ecstasy Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Shows Promise (nytimes.com)
3 points by desult 4955 days ago
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Typically in a study like this, a psychologist / psychiatrist will compare psychotherapy alone against psychotherapy with a drug being evaluated. But what they won't do is try evaluating the drug alone, without psychotherapy. The reason? They fear it might work, which would expose talk therapy for what it is.