What+Causes+Depression?

__//**What Causes Depression? **//__


 * //“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad,// **
 * //saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.'//**
 * //Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”//**
 * //- Barbara Kingsolver, the Bean Trees//**

What causes Depression? Many things cause Depression. The factors that contribute to depression vary from one person to the next. Depression can lead to physical and emotional problems. Most people that have been diagnosed with depression find it hard to go on with there every day lives, most people also feel as though it is not worth living.

There is no "set in stone" reason what causes depression. Experts such as phsycaitrists say that depression is caused by a number of different factors, such as : ones biological genes, their biochemical enviornment their personal experience, as well as psycological factors. Research shows that MRI's ( Magnetic Resonance Imaging) have shown that the brain of a person who has been diagnosed with Depression looks different then a person who does not have depression. The areas of the brain that seem to be most affected are those that deal with sleep, thinking, mood, appetite, and behaviour do not seem to work properly

There have also been some indication that there is a possibility that neuortransmitters apear to be out of balance.Neurotransmitters are the chemicals within our brain cells that we use to communicate. However imaging has not been able to show why depression is occuring. We have however been able to determine that if there is depression within ones family that their chances of being diagnosed with depression are higher then someone who's family does not have a #|history of depression. This proves to us that there is a genetic #|link. According to genetics the #|risk of being diagnosed with depression is trigured by multiple genes acting together factoring in enviornmental factors aswell as various other factors that could impact ones life. An awfull experience can trigger a mental illness such as depression. An example could be the loss of a family member, a difficult rerlationship, phsyical or sexual abuse.

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