City Upbringing, Without Pets, Increases Risk of Mental Illness
‘People who were raised in cities and without a family pet show significantly higher levels of an immune system component following a stressful event, researchers report.
Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…’
