Psychosis and recreational use of MDMA (“Ecstasy”)
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MDMA: Neurohormonal, Neurocognitive, and Psychobiological Aspects of Recreational Ecstasy
This Ecstasy/MDMA symposium was held at the Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Hobart, Tasmania, in September 2008. The Australian government has been funding research into MDMA for many years, and hence there are several Australian groups at the forefront of international research in this field. Included in the studies reported here, were collaborations with universitie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0790-9667,2051-6967
DOI: 10.1017/s0790966700012647