Social Workers' Attitudes and Beliefs about MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Adolescents with PTSD.
Social work April 1, 2025 Maha N Mian, Jordan Horan, Taweh Hunter et al. 1 citation
Social workers rated SSRI-assisted therapy as significantly more acceptable, appropriate, and feasible than MDMA-assisted therapy for treating adolescents with treatment-resistant PTSD, with medium-to-large effect sizes. Perceptions of MDMA risk were higher among those who read about MDMA-assisted therapy, and greater psychedelic stigma correlated with higher perceived risk of MDMA. However, more psychedelic knowledge was linked to less stigma and lower perceived risk. These findings suggest that social workers' concerns about MDMA-assisted therapy for adolescents may hinder clinical trial recruitment and future implementation.