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Deep Dive: Would you take MDMA to help your mental health? 

In this two-part special, The Briefing is taking an exclusive step into one of the only clinics in Australia offering MDMA-assisted therapy to help treat those experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - with some astonishing results. 

What actually happens to you when you take what is usually known as a party drug during a therapy session?  

In part two, Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with *Kate, a patient at the Pax Centre who has undertaken MDMA-assisted therapy to treat her PSTD and shares how the treatment gave her a sense of peace “she’s never experienced before”.  

Listen to part one here. 

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*Not her real name for privacy purposes  

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