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Ekaterina Schneider

@katya-shn.bsky.social

Postdoc at University of Zurich and at University Hospital Heidelberg. Cognitive behavioral psychotherapist. Social neuroendocrinology: social bonds, oxytocin, stress response, mental health.

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Ekaterina Schneider @katya-shn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Check out our findings on the effects of oxytocin and physical intimacy on dermatological wound healing @monikaeckstein.bsky.social ja.ma/4hVrWBW jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Oxytocin, Physical Intimacy, Wound Healing, and Stress Responses

This randomized clinical trial examines the effects of repeated intranasal oxytocin administration and a behavioral microintervention on neuroendocrine stress responses and dermatological wound healin...

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JAMA Psychiatry @jamapsychiatry.com · 12/11/2025

RCT: Daily oxytocin administration combined with positive physical intimacy was linked to improved wound healing and reduced cortisol; oxytocin alone or positive interactions without physical intimacy did not enhance healing. ja.ma/4hVrWBW

Graphs show oxytocin's effect on wound healing with physical intimacy. 'A' illustrates interaction with affectionate touch, while 'B' shows interaction with sexual activity, comparing placebo to oxytocin. Wound severity decreases from time point T2 to T3.

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We have a new report on how remembered #childhood #touch and current attitutes to intimate #social touch 👩‍👧👩‍❤️‍👩🫂 relate to daily neuroendocrine states and emotions🧠🖤🤍 link 👉 rdcu.be/eKaRX. Great thanks to @katya-shn.bsky.social & our whole team @dorahopf.bsky.social

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