"Show the effect of these empathogenic that MDMA in psychotherapy for patients, can improve the communication problems such as autism, schizophrenia or antisocial personality disorder can be used," said Gill Inder Bedi, Professor assistant clinical psychology at Columbia University and researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, as reported Medindi
According to Bedi, MDMA may affect neurons in the brain of serotonin, a neurotransmitter, to communicate with other neurons.
Serotonin is a brain chemical called oxytocin plays an important role in regulating mood, aggression, sleep and pain perception are also social ties and the effects of the hormone cortisol (stress hormone associated triggers).
"While the treatment of this effect, the privacy of people who have difficulty feeling close to others may have to improve," said John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry.
Unfortunately, ecstasy is often used between the "party drugs", while the evening entertainment. The drug is often abused in a manner combined with alcohol, it has effects that can be potentially fatal.
"More research on the control of ecstasy is necessary to determine whether this agent can be safely and effectively with psychotherapy for certain conditions," said Bedi.
The above results were published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, was also shown that MDMA can be useful for people with stress disorder Post traumatic stress disorder (disorder, disorder, or PTSD, PTSD), trauma such as sexual abuse.
Dr. Michael Mithoefer this study, said that the former ecstasy and PTSD is very important to potential new therapies. And this should not be avoided, just because something is abused.
"Many things can be fatal or harmful if misused. But when it wisely and well, there are many things that can help," said Dr. Mithoefer.
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