Cannabis-assisted psychotherapy for complex dissociative posttraumatic stress disorder: A case report
Frontiers in Psychiatry February 9, 2023 Anya Ragnhildstveit, Miriam Kaiyo, Matthew Brian Snyder et al. 10 citations
A 28-year-old woman with complex dissociative posttraumatic stress disorder (D-PTSD) underwent ten sessions of cannabis-assisted psychotherapy (CAP) over five months, combined with cognitive behavioral therapy. After treatment, her pathological dissociation score, measured by the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation, dropped by 98.5%, and she no longer met criteria for D-PTSD. She also experienced reduced cognitive distractibility, less emotional suffering, and improved psychosocial functioning. The patient has maintained these gains for over two years. The authors suggest CAP, which produced subjective effects similar to psychedelics like psilocybin and ketamine, warrants further research as a potential treatment for D-PTSD.