Erica Haugh

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What Causes Depression?

What Causes Depression?nnNo-one’s yet figured out the answer. What we do know is: n• Everyone is born with a certain vulnerability to depressive illness, which seems to be genetically determined. You are two to three times as likely to suffer depression if someone else in your family does. n• Depending on your vulnerability, different life circumstances or events can trigger depression (though some people are so vulnerable it can happen with no trigger). n&#

August 19, 2007