- Dopamine levels increase in response to stressful stimuli, and not just pleasurable ones, potentially rewriting facts about the “feel-good” hormone—a critical mediator of many psychiatric diseases. This discovery is cause to rethink treatment for psychiatric disease and addiction. https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/09/15/research-snapshot-true-behavior-of-the-pleasure-molecule-will-reshape-how-we-treat-psychiatric-diseases-and-addiction/ 23 comments science