Beyond Symptom Reduction: Interconnectedness and Self-Transcendent Emotions During MDMA Sessions Predict Flourishing, Not Symptom Change, in Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment

Preprint, not peer reviewed. Chwyl C, Lear MK, Luoma JB. PsyArXiv, 20 Oct 2026.

Tags: Preprint, MDMA, Anxiety.

Weekly Science Digest, 17 Oct 2026 to 23 Oct 2026, finding 7: On the preprint servers

secondary analysis of a 20-person MDMA social anxiety trial finds self-transcendent experience predicted flourishing but not symptom change

How much weight it carries: Not peer reviewed. Early results that may not hold up. (Preprint)

Read the original