Abstract
Neurohormone oxytocin release affects mood and behavior in humans, regulating emotional and physiologic aspects. Neuroscience associates well-being to oxytocin to characterize a general positive-valenced emotional state. However, the terms well-being and oxytocin are absent, or present in a limited way, in most indexes of psychological terminology and health science descriptors. This study aimed at studying how this association occurs in literature, based on a systematic review on oxytocin and well-being in the last five years. Main results: the neuroscientific context seemed to be the most adequate to the study between oxytocin and well-being; association between psychological and neuroendocrine aspects was unusual; medical templates predominated over psychological references; oxytocin release and feelings of well-being were associated to stimuli of the affective-sensorial type, to psychiatric interventions, to familiarity; results varied according to age, gender, context and personality.
Highlights
Resumo: Contexto: O termo “Bem-estar” [WB] apresenta muitos significados diferentes na literatura
The uncovering of neuroendocrine mechanisms revealed that this neuroendocrine primary-process system is typically aroused in the mother during the last months of pregnancy and delivery; and, after birth, both in the mother and the baby, generating pleasurable feelings of WB during their interaction (Panksepp, 1998)
Objectives: to identify in reviews and clinical trials (PICOS, phenomenological and neurobiological characteristics, as well as semantic equivalents, of WB linked to OT, as promoters of affect regulation and homeostasis, following PRISMA Guidelines (Liberati et al, 2009)
Summary
Resumo: Contexto: O termo “Bem-estar” [WB] apresenta muitos significados diferentes na literatura. Fuentes de datos: Revisión sistemática en PubMed, BVS Virtual (Medline, Lilacs) y SIBI-USP Portal de Busca Integrada (1970-1999; 2014-2018). Los datos principales se referían a situaciones sociales, estímulos sensoriales, confianza y estudios psiquiátricos y de salud. The baby usually relaxes upon receiving care, as OT promotes the release of endogenous opioids (Nelson & Panksepp, 1998). This state of pleasantness and relaxation counteracts many states of painful excitatory arousal, helping the baby to reach an affective, followed by a physiological, regulatory, state (and not the contrary). The articulation of a neuroendocrine mechanism, a correspondent affective mood and a specific behavior results in a “whole” brain-mind-body phenomenon (Panksepp & Biven, 2012). The authors of this review propose that OT & WB be considered as a brain-body-mind phenomenon that translates into a healthy, homeostatic balance; as such, a translational neuroscientific approach is suggested to investigate it
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