TABLE 1.

String used to search and select relevant contributions of this review.

	Topic	String
Main topics	Touch	Affective touch OR social touch OR interpersonal touch
	Loneliness	Loneliness OR social isolation OR social exclusion OR lonely
	Virtual reality	Virtual reality OR immersive virtual reality OR VR OR IVR OR Head Mounted Display OR HMD
Example cases	Autism	Autism OR ASD OR autism spectrum disorder OR autistic disorder
	Anorexia	Anorexia nervosa OR anorexia OR anorexic OR eating disorder
	Interpersonal violence	interpersonal violence OR ipv OR aggressive behavior