Oxytocin and social cognition in affective and psychotic disorders.

نویسندگان

  • M Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez
  • Katie Mahon
  • Manuela Russo
  • Allison K Ungar
  • Katherine E Burdick
چکیده

Impairments in social cognition are now recognized as core illness features in psychotic and affective disorders. Despite the significant disability caused by social cognitive abnormalities, treatments for this symptom dimension are lacking. Here, we describe the evidence demonstrating abnormalities in social cognition in schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder, as well as the neurobiology of social cognition including the role of oxytocin. We then review clinical trials of oxytocin administration in psychotic and affective disorders and the impact of this agent on social cognition. To date, several studies have demonstrated that oxytocin may improve social cognition in schizophrenia; too few studies have been conducted in affective disorders to determine the effect of oxytocin on social cognition in these disorders. Future work is needed to clarify which aspects of social cognition may be improved with oxytocin treatment in psychotic and affective disorders.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology

دوره 25 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015