Intranasal adminsitration of oxytocin in postnatal depression: Implications for psychodynamic psychotherapy from a randomized double-blind pilot study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Clarici, Andrea ^a   Pellizzoni, Sandra ^b   Guaschino, Secondo ^b   Alberico, Salvatore ^b   Bembich, Stefano ^b   Giuliani, Rosella ^b   Short, Antonia ^c   Guarino, Giuseppina ^a   Panksepp, Jaak ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^c Washington State University ^*  (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926629961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00426     Document Type: Article

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