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Oxytocin in schizophrenia: a review of evidence for its therapeutic effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Kai MacDonald  and
David Feifel
Kai MacDonald*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, San Diego Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
David Feifel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, San Diego Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
*
Dr Kaimana MacDonald, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. Tel: +619 543 2827; Fax: +619 543 3799; E-mail: [email protected]
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Background: The suggestion that the neurohormone oxytocin may have clinical application in the treatment of schizophrenia was first published in 1972. Since then, a considerable body of research on a variety of fronts – including several recent double-blind treatment trials – has buttressed these early reports, providing support for the assertion that the oxytocin system is a promising and novel therapeutic target for this devastating malady. Herein, we review the diverse, convergent lines of evidence supporting the therapeutic potential of oxytocin in psychotic illness.

Methods: We performed a systematic review of preclinical and clinical literature pertaining to oxytocin's role in schizophrenia.

Results: Multiple lines of evidence converge to support the antipsychotic potential of oxytocin. These include several animal models of schizophrenia, pharmacological studies examining the impact of antipsychotics on the oxytocin system, human trials in patients examining the aspects of the oxytocin system and several double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical treatment trials.

Conclusions: There exists considerable, convergent evidence that oxytocin has potential as a novel antipsychotic with a unique mechanism of action. Auspiciously, based on the few chronic trials to date, its safety profile and tolerability appear very good. That said, several critical clinical questions await investigation before widespread use is clinically warranted.

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brain/physiologydouble-blind methodhumansintranasaloxytocin/administration and dosageschizophreniasocial perception
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 130 - 146
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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