Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Immune response may link social rejection to later health outcomes

No matter how you look at it, rejection hurts. Experiencing rejection from a boss, a friend, or a partner is difficult for many adults to handle. But adolescents, who are dealing with the one-two punch of biological and social change, may be most vulnerable to its negative effects. A new study examines the immune response as a potential link between social stressors like rejection and later mental and physical health outcomes.![](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/mind_brain/depression/~4/Le_wU--JNF0)

URL: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/mind_brain/depression/~3/Le_wU--JNF0/121016163247.htm

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