According to a latest study published in the medical journal Biological Psychiatry mother’s touch or skin to skin contact with mother is essential for premature infants. The skin to skin contact has far reaching and beneficial effects on the lives of these infants which are evident even 10 years after the birth. The physical touch paves the way for normal physical and psychological development of the infant. The absence of physical contact manifests into several problems ranging from depression to assimilation into society as a productive and contributing member. These shortcomings were very obvious in infants who were deprived of skin to skin contact or were orphans.
