‘Touch hunger’: trajectory and predictors of longing for physical contact during the COVID-19 pandemic in people with and without depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders
Touch hunger rose during the lockdown and was widespread regardless of mental health conditions, indicating a fundamental human need for physical contact, especially among extroverts.
Authors
- B WJ H Penninx
- Almar A.L. Kok
- E. Giltay
- Sarah E. Mann
- Nathaly Rius Ottenheim
Institutions
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- GGZ inGeest (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Psychiatric Research
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2026.01.046
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00