Inflammation may connect adverse life events to children’s emotional and social difficulties

Inflammation may connect adverse life events to children’s emotional and social difficulties

https://www.psypost.org/2019/04/inflammation-may-connect-adverse-life-events-to-childrens-emotional-and-social-difficulties-53500 New research provides evidence that inflammation is related to the development of internalizing symptoms in children, such as social withdrawal, anxiety and depressed mood. The findings appear in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. “Much research has linked adverse life events to the aetiology and maintenance of emotional and behavioural problems in children. These…