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Today a small but vociferous group of psychiatrists, psychologists and scientists contend that MDMA has enormous therapeutic potential. Says James Bakalar of the Harvard Medical School: "I think the DEA's decision is precipitate. It's difficult to make a case that this is a serious threat to the nation's health or safety. They should wait until the research is in." MDMA boosters cite case histories to argue that Ecstasy can act as a catalyst in therapy by neutralizing emotional defenses. MDMA has been used to treat patients ranging from a painter with "artist's block" to abused children...
...illness with her family. Says she: "MDMA opened up a great emotional sharing." In another case, Kathy Tamm of San Francisco, who suffered from severe attacks of panic long after being raped, was able, while using Ecstasy, to confront her memories of the assault. As Tamm explained to her psychiatrist, "Not only did MDMA enable me to recover my sanity, it enabled me to recover my soul." Therapists who endorse MDMA say that it does not produce the high of marijuana, the rush of cocaine or amphetamines (speed) or the hallucinations of LSD. Users, they say, develop a toler- ance...
...treatment programs around the country have reported "psychotic episodes" among MDMA users. Even the drug's most avid supporters concede that there should be some limits on MDMA. They hope to persuade the Government to place Ecstasy in a Schedule III classification, joining restricted drugs like codeine. Says Harvard Psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon: "The law would still have what it needs, but it wouldn't retard the kind of research we need...
...founder of TA, Psychiatrist Eric Berne, presented the Parent-Adult-Child in Games People Play (1964), an urbane and witty analysis of how these three divisions of the ego can produce self-defeating scripts or "games." Thomas Harris added Psychiatrist Alfred Adler's concept of a universal "inferiority feeling." In Harris' view, many people go through life thinking of themselves as helpless children overwhelmed by adults. This stance, which he calls "I'm not OK -- You're OK," is often no one's fault. Even good parents who warn their children not to run into a busy street can build...
Another thorny question: how to handle finances. "In traditional marriages, money was family income no matter who brought it in," says Psychiatrist Clifford Sager of New York. "Now each wants to hold on to his or her own. That's not bad as long as a reasonable percentage is put into a common pot, but often you get these cute arrangements where the man's money goes on the household and the woman's on vacations...