Therapeutic effects of classic serotonergic psychedelics: A systematic review of modern‐era clinical studies

KAA Andersen, R Carhart‐Harris… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To conduct a systematic review of modern‐era (post‐millennium) clinical studies
assessing the therapeutic effects of serotonergic psychedelics drugs for mental health …

Stress, epigenetics and depression: a systematic review

C Park, JD Rosenblat, E Brietzke, Z Pan, Y Lee… - Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental stressors, such as childhood maltreatment, have been recognized to
contribute to the development of depression. Growing evidence suggests that epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Anxiety, depression, and the microbiome: a role for gut peptides

G Lach, H Schellekens, TG Dinan, JF Cryan - Neurotherapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
The complex bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain is finely
orchestrated by different systems, including the endocrine, immune, autonomic, and enteric …

The social salience hypothesis of oxytocin

SG Shamay-Tsoory, A Abu-Akel - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxytocin is a nonapeptide that also serves as a neuromodulator in the human central
nervous system. Over the last decade, a sizeable body of literature has examined its effects …

The neuroendocrinology of social isolation

JT Cacioppo, S Cacioppo, JP Capitanio… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Social isolation has been recognized as a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in
humans for more than a quarter of a century. Although the focus of research has been on …

Hypothalamus and post-traumatic stress disorder: a review

P Raise-Abdullahi, M Meamar, AA Vafaei, M Alizadeh… - Brain sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Humans have lived in a dynamic environment fraught with potential dangers for thousands
of years. While fear and stress were crucial for the survival of our ancestors, today, they are …

Affectionate touch to promote relational, psychological, and physical well-being in adulthood: A theoretical model and review of the research

BK Jakubiak, BC Feeney - Personality and Social …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Throughout the life span, individuals engage in affectionate touch with close others. Touch
receipt promotes well-being in infancy, but the impacts of touch in adult close relationships …

Environmental influence in the brain, human welfare and mental health

H Tost, FA Champagne, A Meyer-Lindenberg - Nature neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The develo** human brain is shaped by environmental exposures—for better or worse.
Many exposures relevant to mental health are genuinely social in nature or believed to have …

Approaching the biology of human parental attachment: Brain imaging, oxytocin and coordinated assessments of mothers and fathers

JE Swain, P Kim, J Spicer, SS Ho, CJ Dayton… - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with
imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and …

Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers

D Fancourt, A Williamon, LA Carvalho… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is growing evidence that psychosocial interventions can have psychological benefits
for people affected by cancer, including improved symptoms of mental health and wellbeing …