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. 2021 Oct;27(10):1689-1690.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01525-0. Epub 2021 Oct 11.

Challenges with benchmarking of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

Joar Øveraas Halvorsen  1   2 , Florian Naudet  3 , Ioana A Cristea  4
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Challenges with benchmarking of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

Joar Øveraas Halvorsen et al. Nat Med. 2021 Oct.
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    Mitchell JM, Bogenschutz M, Lilienstein A, Harrison C, Kleiman S, Parker-Guilbert K, Ot'alora G M, Garas W, Paleos C, Gorman I, Nicholas C, Mithoefer M, Carlin S, Poulter B, Mithoefer A, Quevedo S, Wells G, Klaire SS, van der Kolk B, Tzarfaty K, Amiaz R, Worthy R, Shannon S, Woolley JD, Marta C, Gelfand Y, Hapke E, Amar S, Wallach Y, Brown R, Hamilton S, Wang JB, Coker A, Matthews R, de Boer A, Yazar-Klosinski B, Emerson A, Doblin R. Mitchell JM, et al. Nat Med. 2021 Jun;27(6):1025-1033. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01336-3. Epub 2021 May 10. Nat Med. 2021. PMID: 33972795 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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