Conditions: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Keywords: Effect of oxytocin on learning
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 60
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of the study is to learn how differences in learning under mildly-stressful circumstances may be changed by taking oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone made naturally in the body. The investigators will also examine the impact of any anxiety, depression, and stress related symptoms on learning processes.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Matched nasal spray placebo. arm 2: Liquid intranasal oxytocin administered in a nasal spray.

Interventions: intervention 1: Oxytocin intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Liquid metered-dose nasal spray, 30 IUs, administered once. intervention 2: Matched nasal spray placebo

Protocol document: