As it turned out, the residents who received three or more hugs per day felt less depressed, had more energy, could concentrate easier and slept better. Stay updated with the latest news from our hospitals and clinics.
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Hugs can also give our immune system a healthy boost. Hugs might even lower heart rates and blood pressure. A few good squeezes could lead to decreased depression.
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But now that vaccine programmes are being rolled out and restrictions are beginning to ease in much of the UK, many people will be keen to hug again. And the good news is that not only do hugs feel good — they also have many health benefits. The reason hugs feel so good has to do with our sense of touch. Touch consists of two distinct systems. This is a population of recently discovered nerves, called c-tactile afferents , which process the emotional meaning of touch.
We see c-tactile afferents as the neural input stage in signalling the rewarding, pleasurable aspects of social tactile interactions such as hugging and touching.
Touch is the first sense to start working in the womb around 14 weeks. This induces a cascade of neurochemical signals, which have proven health benefits. Some of the neurochemicals include the hormone oxytocin , which plays an important role in social bonding, slows down heart rate and reduces stress and anxiety levels.
Yet globally, young people have the worst access to youth mental health care within the lifespan and across all the stages of illness particularly during the early stages.
In response, the Forum has launched a global dialogue series to discuss the ideas, tools and architecture in which public and private stakeholders can build an ecosystem for health promotion and disease management on mental health. One of the current key priorities is to support global efforts toward mental health outcomes - promoting key recommendations toward achieving the global targets on mental health, such as the WHO Knowledge-Action-Portal and the Countdown Global Mental Health.
Read more about the work of our Platform for Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare , and contact us to get involved. It improves our sleep : From the benefits of co-sleeping with infants to cuddling your partner , gentle touch is known to regulate our sleep, as it lowers levels of the hormone cortisol.
It reduces reactivity to stress: Beyond the immediate soothing and pleasurable feelings provided by a hug, social touch also has longer-term benefits to our health, making us less reactive to stress and building resilience. Nurturing touch, during early developmental periods, produces higher levels of oxytocin receptors and lower levels of cortisol in brain regions that are vital for regulating emotions.
Infants that receive high levels of nurturing contact grow up to be less reactive to stressors and show lower levels of anxiety. Paediatr Child Health.
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