Phenomenology and Sequelae of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Use
作者:
MITCHELL LIESTER,
CHARLES GROB,
GARY BRAVO,
ROGER WALSH,
期刊:
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
(OVID Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 180,
issue 6
页码: 345-352
ISSN:0022-3018
年代: 1992
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has been at the center of a debate over its potential benefits as an adjunct to psychotherapy versus its capability for neurotoxic effects and is currently classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). However, as yet, there is very little methodological data on the subjective experience of the MDMA-induced state or its psychological and behavioral sequelae. The present study was, therefore, designed to obtain this kind of information. Twenty psychiatrists who had taken MDMA previously were evaluated using a semistructured interview. Subjective experience of the actual MDMA-induced state, as well as both short-term (<1 week) and relatively longer term (>1 week) sequelae, were examined retrospectively. Side effects, insight gained, pleasure, and intensity of the MDMA experience were evaluated as were the influence of set and setting at the time the MDMA was taken and the dosage utilized. Finally, the authors discuss methodological problems and limitations of a study of this type.
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