[acb-hsp] An Amazing New Use for Ecstasy

[peter altschul]

Or how about P T S D without the spaces (sorry, it's a Grade Two 
Braille Note translation issue which I can't figure out how to 
correct.

Best, Peter



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>From: peter altschul <paltschul at centurytel.net
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>Date sent: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:01:23 -0600
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>Hi:

>Sorry, it should read PTNESSD.

>Best, Peter


>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov
>>To: "Discussion list for ACB human service professionals"
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>>Date sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 08:25:37 -0800
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>>What is PTSAID?
>>Andy


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>>An Amazing New Use for Ecstasy
>>  Tracie Egan Morrissey December 3, 2012
>>  The party drug MDMA, colloquially known as the party drug
>Ecstasy, can
>>be used to cure patients of severe post-traumatic stress
>disorder,
>>according to a study of experimental testing of combining the
>drug with
>>psychotherapy.  The research, however, was not conducted on war
>>veterans, a group most often associated with PTSAID, but with
>rape
>>victims, who, on average, had been living with their symptoms for
>19
>>years.
>>  Back in the early 2000's, Dr.  Michael Mithoefer received the
>>green-light from the DEA for clinical trials of MDMA.  Along with
>his
>>wife Ann, a nurse, he would administer two doses of MDMA over one
>>intensive therapy session that lasted between eight and ten
>hours,
>>following a week-long series of shorter, non-drug sessions.  Then
>they
>>would repeat the process three to five weeks later.  During the
>>drug-induced session Dr.  Mithoefer would have the patient focus
>on
>>their sexual assaults.  The MDMA seemed to reduce their fear and
>calm
>>them, enabling them to discuss and work through their problems in
>ways
>>that they previously could not.
>>  According to the study, the patients symptoms of PTSAID
>(anxiety,
>>hyperarousal, depression, nightmares, etc.) dropped by 75%, which
>is
>>"twice the relief" patients experienced with non-MDMA therapy.
>And the
>>15 out of 21 people who recovered, remained that way, nearly 10
>years
>>after treatment.
>>  One woman who worked with the Mithoefers, Rachel Hope, shared
>her
>>story with CNN.  She was raped repeatedly when she was four years
>old
>>after her mother went out of town and left her in the care of a
>>pedophile for six weeks.  Decades later, in 1998, the news that
>the man
>>who'd sexually abused her was being investigated for molesting
>another
>>girl caused Hope to have a breakdown.
>>  "I started having these outrageous flashbacks, and body
>memories.  The
>>first time, I thought someone slipped me a drug.
>>Because it would be these unstoppable, full-body blackout
>memories, and
>>people would tell me later, 'You were just screaming for an
>hour.'"
>>  Her symptoms were debilitating, involving panic attacks,
>anxiety
>>attacks, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, bleeding ulcers, and
>>nausea.  She'd been hospitalized multiple times.
>>Hope tried nearly every form of therapy-eye movement
>desensitization and
>>reprocessing, cognitive behavioral therapy, hypnosis,
>acupuncture, and
>>gestalt therapy" to no avail.  She began to accept that she just
>might
>>be disabled.  And then she read about Mithoefers.  Within weeks
>of
>>working with them, she says that 90% of her symptoms were gone.
>>  Naturally, the military is very interested in the Mithoefers'
>>results.  Loree Sutton, who served as an Army psychiatrist until
>she
>>retired two years ago, finds the research "promising." Since
>publishing
>>his work, Dr.  Mithoefer began treating veterans, police
>officers, and
>>firemen.  But civilians actually make up the majority of the
>seven
>>million people suffering with PTSAID, many of them being
>survivors of
>>sexual assault.
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