Effects of Oxytocin on Behavior and Physiology in a Psychotherapy Setting
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Subjects-currently in outpatient mental health care--will participate in 2 psychotherapy
sessions, one with oxytocin spray and one with placebo spray. Sessions will be videotaped,
and cortisol and heart rate will be measured. We hypothesize that oxytocin will have positive
benefits on nonverbal behavior in the therapy session, as well as have positive effects on
subjective anxiety, cortisol and heart rate.