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Touching other people
Touching other people is an activity than is normal if done in the correct context, based on local norms. Touching is a problem if it is inappropriate as seen in some people with neurological or psychiatric disorders, who touch others too often, at the wrong time, or on the wrong part of the body.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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