Oxytocin Nasal Spray

Swedish and British scientists have shown using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that the hormone oxytocin can inhibit feelings of anxiety in specific individuals. Their discovery might lead to a better understanding and the improved treatment of psychiatric affections in which people feel distressed when meeting others, such as in cases of autism and social phobia. Read More…

It seems the scientific research is mounting now.  At the very least, surely the government should be putting some serious money now into research programs specifically in terms of using Oxytocin as a treatment for these devastating psychiatric problems.