HAPPINESS HORMONES AND

THEIR IMPACT ON MENTAL

HEALTH

GUIDED BY : MISS. SADAR MAM

PRESENTED BY : ANKITA S. HALDANKAR
(M. PHARM 1ST YEAR PHARMACOLOGY)
D. Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY,AKURDI
CONTENT

• INTRODUCTION

• HORMONE

• HAPPINESS HORMONE

• MENTAL HEALTH

• TYPES OF HAPPY HORMONE

• WAYS TO INCREASE HAPPY HORMONE

• CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION
• “HAPPINESS” defined as a basic feeling that is defined as a steady-state with a lack of
negative emotions, It means the existence of positive emotions.
• Happiness is an emotional state characterized by feeling of joy satisfaction, contentment and
fulfilment.
• It’s a state of well-being that a person experience either in a narrow sense, when good thing
happen in a specific moment or more broadly as a positive evaluation of one’s life and
accomplishment.
• It’s the feeling of truly enjoying your life and the desire to make the very best of it.
• happiness is an important factor in improving a person's well-being and mental health.
• happiness can increase a person's mental health and a person can enjoy a satisfying and
successful life.
 HORMONE
• It’s a biochemical substances that regulate the body's metabolism. Everything depends on
them: health, mood, and appearance.
• It transferred from the secretory organ to the target organ using blood.
• Hormones affect emotions and factors related to the human lifestyle, and paying attention
to them can significantly contribute to a healthy lifestyle in humans.
REFERENCE :Donovan BT. Hormones and behaviour: discussion paper. Journal of the Royal
Society of Medicine. 1987 Aug; 80(8):499-501
 HAPPINESS HORMONES

• The hormone that promote positive feeling, such as pleasure and happiness.
• Happiness hormones help people enjoy life.
• Neurotransmitters that can affect happiness are serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
• certain parts of the brain (such as the amygdala, hippocampus, and limbic system) and
neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and endorphins) play a role
in controlling happiness.
• In people with depression, the secretion of this hormone is reduced to a minimum, to
increase this hormone antidepressant is given.
REFERENCE: Bergsma A, Veenhoven R. The happiness of people with a mental disorder in modern
society. Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, research and practice. 2011 Dec; 1(1):1-6.
 MENTAL HEALTH
• It is a state of health in which a person realizes their abilities, can cope with the normal pressures
of life, can act productively and effectively, and participate as a healthy person in the affairs of
their community.
• Mental health means emotional and psychological health, in a way that a person can use his
thinking and abilities, function in society, and meet the normal needs of daily life

• Hormones affect emotions and factors related to the human lifestyle, and paying attention to them
can help to have a healthy lifestyle in humans.

REFERENCE: Aggarwal P, Sriram S. Exploring well-being among mental health professionals in

India. Psychological Studies. 2018 Dec 1; 63(4):335-45.
 TYPES OF HAPPINESS HORMONES

SEROTONIN (HAPPINESS HORMONE)

• secreted from the hypothalamus of the brain.

• Serotonin regulates mood, prevents depression, regulates blood pressure, plays an important role in
regulating the menstrual cycle in women, and makes you feel happy.

• deficiency causes insomnia, mood disorders, and feelings of sadness, depression, aggressive
behaviour, and eating disorders.

• Serotonin increases relaxation during the day and improves sleep quality at night.

• This hormone is produced from the amino acid tryptophan in 2 steps. These biochemical changes
require iron, vitamins B6 and B12, niacin, folic acid, and magnesium

• Antidepressant prevent excessive reabsorption of serotonin where as LSD, that people use at night
parties cause excessive stimulation of serotonin can lead to feelings of extreme happiness.
DOPAMINE (CONSCIOUSNESS HORMONE)
• secreted by cells in the brain and spinal cord.
• When a scene in a movie makes you happy or you enjoy watching a scene, the hormone
dopamine is released in your body.
• The deficiency of this hormone causes a lack of concentration, attention, insomnia,
laziness, and mood disorder.
• People who drink a lot of coffee or energy drinks during the day have lower dopamine
levels
• Dopamine is a neurotransmitter responsible for the feeling of pleasure in humans.
• It is related to motivation, memory, attention, and concentration and is released when a
person moves towards a goal.

MELATONIN (ANTI-AGING HORMONE)

• secreted from the pineal gland.
• Melatonin is known as the body clock.
• smoke and do not sleep at night, you probably suffer from a deficiency of this hormone.
• Melatonin regulate sleep at night.
 OXYTOSIN(LOVE HORMONE)
• Also called multifunctional hormone: "bonding hormone", "soothing hormone", "hugging
hormone
• Oxytocin is made in the hypothalamus and then transported to the pituitary gland.
• This hormone keeps people together
• During pregnancy and lactation, the hormone oxytocin is released in women and causes them
to have a deeper connection with their baby.
• Oxytocin reduces stress and increases social interactions. This hormone protects the heart
against all kinds of stress
 During pregnancy, the mother's body regularly uses oxytocin compounds to start and end the
birth process.
 after the birth of the baby stimulates the breast milk to leave the mammary ducts.
• Oxytocin is often injected intravenously into pregnant women during hospital delivery for two
reasons: first, to stimulate the baby to be born and second, to intensify the contractions that
are necessary for birth.
REFERENCE : . Hami Zindagi 2018, 18 July 2020, https://honarehzendegi.com
ENDORPHIN(ANALGESIC HORMONE)
• secreted from the mucous glands and hypothalamus.

• Endorphins are one of the body's natural painkillers.

• This hormone is released during exercise to produce resistance with exercise pain.

• Endorphins also create a positive feeling that leads to euphoria (intense happiness).
 Endorphins help reduce anxiety and depression by being released in response to pain. Endorphins
can make you feel great.

• 30 minutes of walking a day help to increase this hormone in your body. Sweating also helps release
this hormone. Steam baths and saunas make the muscles sweat and relax and relieve stress

• Pepper is one of the great foods for producing endorphins. Spicy foods in contact with receptors on
the tongue send signals similar to pain signals to the brain that release endorphins in the body.
REFERENCE: Sara Faizy 2020, Khabarnama, 15 July 2020, https:// khabarnama.net/blog
 NOREPINEPHRINE
 excess and deficiency of this hormone is largely related to mood swings.
 Any drug that affects the level of this substance also affects a person's happiness and sadness.
 Norepinephrine, which is one of the hormones that affect motivation, emotions, and feelings and is
also known as (noradrenaline).
 Norepinephrine acts like adrenaline; a hormone that is released in times of fear and urgency.
 this hormone is released when exposed to dangerous conditions to stimulate the release of stress
hormones and increase blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, and metabolism.
 All of these increase a person's alertness and concentration when faced with risk.

TESTOSTERONE
 male hormones produced in the testicles.
 hormone is essential for the production and stimulation of sperm.
 Imbalance in testosterone secretion reduces energy levels and sexual desires, fatigue, erectile
dysfunction, and decreased sperm production.

REFERENCE: Salamat News 2017, 19 July 2020, http://www.salamatnews.com/news/213338

 ESTROGEN PROGESTRERON
E

 Estrogen is a stress reliever and  progesterone improves sleep quality and

keeps a person's mood constant prevents anxiety, irritability, and mood
swings
 Smoking and strenuous exercise
 Excessive stress and lack of a healthy diet
reduce the amount of this hormone reduce the level of this hormone.
• Estrogen level affect emotions. For  Progesterone is also considered to be
example, postmenopausal women another hormone that is effective in
female reproduction and fertility.
are more likely to develop depression
• Progesterone plays an important role in
due to low estrogen levels.
maintaining sleep quality and sexual desire.
• women with the most attractive body Therefore, its imbalance can lead to
shape had higher estrogen than insomnia, headaches, and anxiety .

women with less attractive shapes .

REFERENCE: Mariam Muradian 2018, Tebyan, 20 July 2020, https://article.tebyan.net

REFERENCE: Hami Zindagi 2018, 18 July 2020,

https://honarehzendegi.com
 WAYS TO INCREASE HAPPINESS HORMONES
• Two ways to increase happiness hormones
1. Medicinal methods
2. Natural methods
 Medicinal method
 Psychiatric drugs such as fluoxetine and sertraline are among the methods
that doctors consider increasing happiness-related neurotransmitters.
 doing daily activities such as exercising, doing aerobics activities, living in the
moment, and doing things that interest you can increase the level of this
substance in the body by creating pleasant emotions.
REFERENCE: Mariam Mansory 2019, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 10
July 2020, https://www.sums.ac.ir/
 THE NATURAL WAY TO INCREASE HAPPINESS
HORMONES

1. Consumption of nuts:
• Endocrine system is closely linked to the digestive system,eating foods help produce
happiness hormone this is a natural way to increase serotonin levels in the body.
• Vitamin E found large amounts in nuts, protects our body cells against oxidative stress and
thus strengthens brain function.

2. Consumption of salmon:
• The omega-3 fatty acids in fish help to reduce inflammation and the risk of depression.
• omega-3 fatty acids help increase dopamine and serotonin levels and, consequently,
reduce the risk of depression.

REFERENCE:. Mariam Muradian 2018, Tebyan, 20 July 2020, https://article.tebyan.net

3. Consumption of dark chocolate:
• The caffeine in dark chocolate block adenosine, causes drowsiness. As a result,
experience higher levels of energy and greater concentration
• Bitter chocolate is also rich in antioxidants, so it may have mood-boosting effects.
4. Outdoor spending:
• Exposure to sunlight help boost serotonin levels in the body, so activities such as
walking, cycling, or even sitting in the sun can help improve mood.
• Enjoying exposure to sunlight activates the hormone melatonin, which regulates
sleep and serotonin production.
5. Gratitude:
• gratitude can form a positive feeling in humans. When you smile, dopamine,
serotonin, and endorphins are released in the body.
REFERENCE: Donovan BT. Hormones and behaviour: discussion paper. Journal of the Royal
Society of Medicine. 1987 Aug; 80(8):499-501
6. Massage:
• muscle relaxation can increase bloodstream strengthen the feeling of happiness by
reducing fatigue and stress.
• Serotonin and dopamine levels in the body increase through massage, while levels of
the hormone cortisol, a stress hormone, will decrease
7. Listening music:
• Listening to your favourite music is one of the effective ways to get dopamine if
accompanied by a good feeling from listening to its melody.
8.Crying:
• Crying increase the secretion of the hormone of happiness so whenever you feel the
need to shout or cry, do this because the hormone endorphins are released.
REFERENCE: Aggarwal P, Sriram S. Exploring well-being among mental health professionals in India.
Psychological Studies. 2018 Dec 1; 63(4):335-45
 9.Meditation:
• meditation increased dopamine levels in the body.
• Meditation can have a calming effect
• reduce the symptoms of depression
10. Remembering happy memories:
• looking at old photos, spending time with a nostalgic object such as a gift we received
years ago for our birthday can make you feel good.
• Recalling happy memories helps to release hormones that enhance the bloodstream and
improve mood.
11.Sleep:
• Adequate and high-quality sleep is essential to strengthening concentration, quick
response, and healthy brain function.
• Reducing and relieving fatigue through high-quality sleep helps the brain regulate the
endocrine system and reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
REFERENCE: Hami Zindagi 2018, 18 July 2020, https://honarehzendegi.com
 CONCLUSION
• Happiness hormones play a constructive and graceful role in regulating and controlling our mood and
mental health.
• Hormones affect emotions and factors related to the human lifestyle, and paying attention to them can
significantly contribute to a healthy lifestyle in humans.
• Serotonin responsible for transmitting information to the brain, improving sleep quality, and having a
calming effect
• Dopamine related to motivation, memory, attention, and concentration.
• Oxytocin reduces stress and increases social interactions.
• main methods that can stimulate the production of happiness hormones in the body are
1. The use of psychiatric drugs such as fluoxetine and sertraline
2. Consumption of nuts, salmon, blueberries, dark chocolate, avocado,
3. Repetition of natural daily activities such as; Spending time outdoors, exercise, meditation, gratitude, trying
to achieve a goal, doing new things,
 MCQ
1.Which hormone is called HAPPINESS HORMONE
a) Dopamine b) Endorphin c) Serotonin d) Oxytosin

2. OXYTOSIN hormone is also called……….

a) bonding hormone b) soothing hormone c) love hormone d) all of these

3. Which one is not a way to increase happiness hormone ?

a) Outdoor spending
b) Trying to achieve a goal
c) Massage
d) Eating junk food

4. Sunlinght is required for activation of …………. hormone.

a) Dopamine b) Serotonin c) Melatonin d) Progesterone
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