Social disorder

{{Short description|Psychiatric condition}} A '''social disorder''' is a type of psychiatric condition that includes social deficits and affects social functioning.<ref name="pmid23506384">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hrdlicka M, Dudova I | title = Controversies in autism: is a broader model of social disorders needed? | journal = Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 9 | date = March 2013 | pmid = 23506384 | pmc = 3606474 | doi = 10.1186/1753-2000-7-9 | url = | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="pmid21852800">{{cite journal | vauthors = Meyer-Lindenberg A, Domes G, Kirsch P, Heinrichs M | title = Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine | journal = Nat Rev Neurosci | volume = 12 | issue = 9 | pages = 524–38 | date = August 2011 | pmid = 21852800 | doi = 10.1038/nrn3044 | url = }}</ref> Examples of social disorders include social phobia (social anxiety disorder), autism spectrum disorders, schizophreniform disorders like schizophrenia and schizoid personality disorder, and certain other personality disorders.<ref name="pmid23506384" /><ref name="pmid21852800" />

Oxytocin receptor agonists, like oxytocin and LIT-001, are of theoretical interest in the potential medical treatment of social disorders.<ref name="pmid21852800" /><ref name="pmid32080303">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hilfiger L, Zhao Q, Kerspern D, Inquimbert P, Andry V, Goumon Y, Darbon P, Hibert M, Charlet A | title = A Nonpeptide Oxytocin Receptor Agonist for a Durable Relief of Inflammatory Pain | journal = Sci Rep | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 3017 | date = February 2020 | pmid = 32080303 | pmc = 7033278 | doi = 10.1038/s41598-020-59929-w | url = }}</ref>

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{{Mental and behavioural disorders}}

Category:Types_of_mental_disorders

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