MAPS brings MDMA-assisted therapy to the war in Ukraine

Lucid News reports: “The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began over three years ago, has kept the nation in the international spotlight. Now, it is the seventh site for the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies’ (MAPS) International Therapist Education (ITE) Program.  Launched in 2023, the program has educated over 300 practitioners from more than 30 countries, expanding training for psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) in areas “of greatest need around the globe.” Participants spend several days learning the fundamentals of MAPS’ therapy protocol, developed for MDMA-assisted therapy.   Bringing psychedelic-assisted therapy to people in conflict zones has long been a goal of MAPS founder Rick Doblin. In April, Doblin, along with Marcela Ot’alora G. MA, LPC, and Bruce Poulter RN, MPH, traveled to Ukraine to train 55 therapists in the therapy model MAPS developed. Ukrainian teaching staff who had previously completed the ITE training assisted.” 

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