The causes of depression are many.
Depression is a complex disease that can occur as a result of a multitude of factors.
For some, it occurs due to a loss of a loved one, a change in one's life, or after being diagnosed with a serious medical disease.
For others, depression just happened, possibly due to their family history.
Factors involved in causing this illness include: A history of depression in the family: It is believed that this illness is passed genetically from generation to generation, although the exact way this occurs is not known.
Grief from the death or loss of a loved one.
Personal disputes, like conflict with a family member.
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
Major events that occur in everyone's lives, such as moving, graduating, changing jobs, getting married or divorced, retiring, etc.
Serious illness: depressed feelings are a common reaction to many medical illnesses.
Certain medications Substance abuse: close to 30% of people with substance abuse problems also have major depression.
Other personal problems: these may come in the forms of social isolation due to other mental illnesses, or being cast out of a family or social circle.
The Body vs.
The Mind Medical research indicates that people suffering from depression have changes in their brain compared to people who do not depressed.
The hippocampus, a small part of the brain that is vital to the storage of memories, is smaller in people with a history of depression than in those who are not depressed.
Serotonin, a body chemical, has been found to have a lower receptor rate that is controlled by the hippocampus portion of the brain.
Serotonin, a neurotransmitter and chemical messenger that allows communication between nerves in the brain and the body has been a leading factor and natural body chemical discussed by medical doctors who treat depression.
As of today, scientists don't know why the hippocampus is smaller in individuals diagnosed with depression.
Researchers have found that cortisol (a stress hormone that is important to the normal function of the hippocampus) is produced in excess in individuals diagnosed with depression.
Cortisol has been found to have a toxic or poisonous effect.
Some doctors believe it's possible that some depressed people are born with a smaller hippocampus that leads to a greater possibility of developing depression.
Genetics and Depression There is evidence that suggests a genetic link to depression.
Children, siblings and parents of people with severe this illness are much more likely to suffer from depression than are members of the general population.
Multiple genes interacting with one another in special ways contribute some stages that runs in families.
Scientists have not been able to identify a specific gene that causes this illness.
Depression is a complex disease that can occur as a result of a multitude of factors.
For some, it occurs due to a loss of a loved one, a change in one's life, or after being diagnosed with a serious medical disease.
For others, depression just happened, possibly due to their family history.
Factors involved in causing this illness include: A history of depression in the family: It is believed that this illness is passed genetically from generation to generation, although the exact way this occurs is not known.
Grief from the death or loss of a loved one.
Personal disputes, like conflict with a family member.
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
Major events that occur in everyone's lives, such as moving, graduating, changing jobs, getting married or divorced, retiring, etc.
Serious illness: depressed feelings are a common reaction to many medical illnesses.
Certain medications Substance abuse: close to 30% of people with substance abuse problems also have major depression.
Other personal problems: these may come in the forms of social isolation due to other mental illnesses, or being cast out of a family or social circle.
The Body vs.
The Mind Medical research indicates that people suffering from depression have changes in their brain compared to people who do not depressed.
The hippocampus, a small part of the brain that is vital to the storage of memories, is smaller in people with a history of depression than in those who are not depressed.
Serotonin, a body chemical, has been found to have a lower receptor rate that is controlled by the hippocampus portion of the brain.
Serotonin, a neurotransmitter and chemical messenger that allows communication between nerves in the brain and the body has been a leading factor and natural body chemical discussed by medical doctors who treat depression.
As of today, scientists don't know why the hippocampus is smaller in individuals diagnosed with depression.
Researchers have found that cortisol (a stress hormone that is important to the normal function of the hippocampus) is produced in excess in individuals diagnosed with depression.
Cortisol has been found to have a toxic or poisonous effect.
Some doctors believe it's possible that some depressed people are born with a smaller hippocampus that leads to a greater possibility of developing depression.
Genetics and Depression There is evidence that suggests a genetic link to depression.
Children, siblings and parents of people with severe this illness are much more likely to suffer from depression than are members of the general population.
Multiple genes interacting with one another in special ways contribute some stages that runs in families.
Scientists have not been able to identify a specific gene that causes this illness.