The concern comes as a wave of potential treatments for PTSD are on the horizon. Psychologists and psychiatrists say new treatments for PTSD, some of which involve combining psychotherapy and drugs, are sorely needed, as some Covid-19 survivors and front-line workers grapple with the disorder. Skilled therapists who can deliver those treatments are in short supply in some parts of the country. Scientists are seeing early positive studies combining psychotherapy with certain drugs, including MDMA (known as the street drug Ecstasy), to enhance the treatments’ efficacy. Early research is finding that ketamine, a version of which the Food and Drug Administration approved last year for treatment-resistant depression, also can alleviate PTSD.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 21, 2020 12:45 UTC