Social disorder

{{Short description|Psychiatric condition}}

A social disorder is a type of psychiatric condition that includes social deficits and affects social functioning.{{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 }}{{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 = }} 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.

Oxytocin receptor agonists, like oxytocin and LIT-001, are of theoretical interest in the potential medical treatment of social disorders.{{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 = }}