Intranasal Oxytocin Combined With Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: An Add-on Randomized Controlled Trial
Saporta-Wiesel L, Feldman R, Levi L, Davidson M, Burshtein S, Gur R, Zagoory-Sharon O, Amiaz R, Park J, Davis J, Weiser M. Intranasal Oxytocin Combined With Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: An Add-on Randomized Controlled Trial. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open 2024, 5: sgae022. PMCID: PMC11535855, DOI: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgae022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial skills trainingSymptoms of schizophreniaSkills trainingSupportive psychotherapyNegative symptoms of schizophreniaTreatment of negative symptomsSocial interactionBaseline to end-of-studyBlunted affectNegative symptomsPANSS scoresIntranasal oxytocinPositive affectSocial dysfunctionSchizophreniaRandomized controlled trialsTotal scoreSocial behaviorPost hoc analysisPANSSPsychotherapyOxytocinHigh dose oxytocinAffectEnd-of-studyInfants' salivary oxytocin and positive affective reactions to people
Zeng G, Leung T, Maylott S, Malik A, Adornato A, Lebowitz M, Messinger D, Szeto A, Feldman R, Simpson E. Infants' salivary oxytocin and positive affective reactions to people. Hormones And Behavior 2024, 164: 105579. PMID: 38905820, DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105579.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOxytocin levelsSalivary oxytocinFacial affectAffective reactionsEarly Social Communication ScalesInfant positive affectStable individual differencesPositive facial affectSocial Communication ScalesHigher oxytocin levelsPositive affective reactionsSocio-emotional developmentPositive affectIndividual differencesSocial behaviorSmiling womenCommunication ScaleAffectOxytocinPhysiological measuresMonths of ageProsocialityStatistically significant changesU.S. infantsInfants