Neuroendocrinological aspects of social anxiety and aggression-related disorders
Publication year
2019Publisher
London : Routledge
ISBN
9781138711440
In
Schultheiss, O.C.; Mehta, P.H. (ed.), Routledge international handbook of social neuroendocrinology, pp. 635-655Publication type
Part of book or chapter of book
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Editor(s)
Schultheiss, O.C.
Mehta, P.H.
Organization
SW OZ BSI KLP
PI Group Affective Neuroscience
Languages used
English (eng)
Book title
Schultheiss, O.C.; Mehta, P.H. (ed.), Routledge international handbook of social neuroendocrinology
Page start
p. 635
Page end
p. 655
Subject
230 Affective Neuroscience; Experimental Psychopathology and TreatmentAbstract
Steroid hormones like cortisol and testosterone play an important role in the regulation of social motivational behavior. Whereas testosterone facilitates threat approach, cortisol increases threat avoidance, specifically in high socially anxious individuals. Social anxiety and aggression-related disorders show a disbalance in these steroid hormones: while social anxiety has been associated with increased cortisol stress-responses and decreased testosterone levels, aggressive psychopathologies are linked to increased testosterone levels and a decreased cortisol-testosterone ratio. This chapter explores the role of these steroid hormones, and interactions with the neuropeptide oxytocin, in social anxiety and psychopathy. Additionally, possibilities for clinical applications are discussed.
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