Ecstasy plus therapy for PTSD, and the effects of early childhood development programs on mothers

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Staff Writer Kelly Servick talks with host Sarah Crespi about the pairing of a specific type of psychotherapy with the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Also this week, Pamela Jakiela, an economics professor at Williams College, discusses the importance of knowing how early childhood development interventions like free day care or parenting classes have an effect on caregivers, particularly mothers. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). [Image: Graham Crouch/World Bank; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Authors: Kelly Servick; Sarah Crespi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.0	Welcome to the science podcast for May 21st, 2021.
1:22.9	I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:24.2	Each week we feature the most interesting news and research published in science and
1:28.2	the sister journals. First up, staff newswriter Kelly Servic. She talks about the specifics of using
1:33.5	talk therapy alongside the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy, for treating PTSD. Next, economist
1:41.2	Pamela Jekila discusses how it's important to keep tabs on mothers during early childhood development interventions, like free daycare or parenting classes, because what impacts kids can impact the parents, too.
1:58.0	Now we have staff writer and editor, Kelly Servic. She's here to talk about the future of MDMA. This is a
2:06.1	controlled substance, sometimes called Ecstasy or Molly, that has had some success in clinical trials for PTSD alongside talk therapy.
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