My relative attended a grade school where they don't allow the students to hug each other. It sounds like just a silly rule, but I would say it's a fully retarded and destructive rule. Note that this school is geared toward art students & artists so they need all the psychological support they can get. A hug is a valid treatment for mild psychological illness. It really doesn't take a scientific paper to figure this out, although you can probably find them, basically hugs make people happy and depression is a lack of happy. Prozac will activate some kind of happy circuitry, and so will a hug. However the hugs are illegal in the school and Prozac is more accepted. Prozac has 18 common unwanted side effects and you have to pay for it. Hugs are free, and side effects are arguably minimal. I assume some people can get all the hugs they need at home, but really some people can't. It all depends on the family.
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