The Significance of Touch in Psychiatry : Clinical and Neuroscientific Approaches

Touch is one of the fundamental media for interpersonal communication. Over recent decades, scientific efforts have been devoted to establishing the significance of touch, particularly affective touch, in the treatment and prevention of mental disorders and clarifying the underlying mechanisms of to...

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Other Authors: Müller-Oerlinghausen, Bruno (Editor), Eggart, Michael (Editor)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
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