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MDMA may have protected Nova attack survivors from trauma, study suggests

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Early signs MDMA may have protected survivors of Nova attack from trauma, study suggests.

Early signs that MDMA - also known as ecstasy or molly - may have provided some psychological protection against trauma.

Hamas gunmen killed 360 people and kidnapped dozens more at the Nova music festival near Gaza 's border.

Israel 's trauma specialists are facing a complex cocktail of issues from the clients now flooding into therapy.

Long sessions - up to eight hours long - are a new way of doing therapy, says Dr Harwood-Gross .

Israeli society has also changed its approach to trauma and therapy following the 7 October attacks.

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