OXT and post-traumatic stress disorder: Owing to early reports of the beneficial effects of intranasal oxytocin on social cognition, it has been nominated as a promising pharmacological agent for the treatment of psychiatric disorders characterized by social and/or emotional dysregulations [29], such as autism [30], borderline personality disorder [31], post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [32], and schizophrenia [33], in light of research using both single [34–36] and chronic administration [37] protocols.