Posted by Michael Bell on January 29, 2009, at 21:36:42
In reply to Re: People with SP may have high oxytocin levels, posted by Jimmyboy on January 29, 2009, at 7:09:00
> Good find, for some reason I had a feeling oxytocin was going to be pretty useless in SP. But it sounds like its prospects for helping folks with autism is promising!
True, but I don't know if it will be useless. Just giving more oxytocin might be, yes, but the article definitely says that there is a dysfunction of the oxytocin system. I especially like the following part of the article:
"The first important finding is that 98% of the hundreds of people I have tested release oxytocin properly when they are trusted. THOMAS (The Human Oxytocin Mediated Attachment System) motivates a desire to interact with others, and those whose brains release a spike of oxytocin reciprocate the trust they have been shown. Now, the other 2% of people I have tested have dysregulated oxytocin-typically high and non-responsive to signals of trust. These people do not develop strong attachments to others.
In research with Dr. Elizabeth Hoge and her colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, I have also found those diagnosed with social anxiety disorder have high and dysregulated oxytocin."
poster:Michael Bell
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20090104/msgs/877133.html