Depression is an illness that people often cannot snap out of. The symptoms and emotions connected to it consume them, making them feel that life is hopeless. In some cases, suicide feels like the best option when compared to living in the sadness...
Depression includes multiple disorders, which vary by the symptoms and their duration. For example, dysthymic disorder, a chronic form of depression in which patients have a low mood for at least two years, affects 1.5 percent of the adult United...
Emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse in childhood commonly causes adult depression, according to an article published in "Psychology Today" in 2003. Many adults can go years with depression without understanding the underlying causes....
Research suggests that as many as 8 percent of adolescents experience depression at least once during any one-year period. Exact causes of depression in teens are not known, but research suggests it's the result of several interrelated factors....
For many people, depression is brought on by a dramatic change in their lives or a chemical imbalance in their brains. However, some people have depression due to nutritional problems. Nutritional causes of depression include poor diets, lack of...
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, childhood depression has been taken more seriously over the last two decades. While no single factor may explain the cause of depression in youth, a number of different theories exist. As with...
Depression is an illness of the mind, but it also affects the body. It tends to affect women more than men, and it often co-exists with other illnesses, such as anxiety disorders and phobias, according to the National Institute of Mental Health...
Depression is a psychological condition affecting people of all ages -- children, teens and adults. It causes feelings of worthlessness and sadness, hopelessness and irritability. In severe cases, people may even have thoughts of suicide. The...
HealthyPlace.com explains that the world of medicine has contributed a lot of its time to understanding depression. While no single cause has been found as of 2010, researchers have developed a number of theories which offer a better understanding...
According to the Scripps Research Institute, no one cause is likely responsible for clinical depression. The causes of depression are likely to vary among different individuals. The factors in depression might be biological, genetic,...
Medline Plus states that more than 20 million Americans suffer from some form of depression. Besides the unfortunate and less favorable events in life that can lead people to becoming depressed, hormones, too, play an important part. The...
Depression strikes more than 2 million people in the 65 and over age group, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and up to 5 million more experience mild symptoms. Depression is displayed by overall sadness, excessive fatigue,...
There are chemicals in the body that work within brain regions to regulate mood and behavior. In depressed patients, there are imbalances of certain chemicals. Thus, depression can be explained in part by biochemical causes. There is also some...
Alcohol causes depression and laziness through its effects on the brain. The brain is made up of cells called neurons. The neurons in the brain control a number of things, including cognition, sensation, muscle movement, balance and emotions....
In some cases, depression is hardwired into the genetic structure and passes down from parent to child through the DNA. The biochemical balance in your brain is widely considered to be a contributing factor as well, as an imbalance in...
Depression during pregnancy commonly does not receive the same attention as postpartum depression, but it does exist. According to the Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Women's Mental Health, "up to 20% of women suffer from mood or...
The human brain has developed a mechanism that increases its resilience to depression called the transcription factor for DeltaFosB. If this system does not work, an individual becomes depressed, according to researchers reporting in the May 2010...
Childhood depression is a serious condition which can affect all areas of a child's functioning. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, depression in children that is left untreated can continue into adulthood and develop into more...
According to the "Psychiatric Clinics of North America", treatment resistant depression is a term used by psychiatrists to describe depression that has not remitted with several trials of antidepressants, despite giving these at the recommended...
The menstrual cycle lasts an average of 28 days, during which time the body releases a series of hormones in preparation for pregnancy. In the early stages of the menstrual cycle, the hypothalamus releases follicle-stimulating hormone releasing...
Depression among seniors is a major health concern in the U.S., yet professionals generally agree that depression is not a normal consequence of aging. The condition, however, is under-recognized and under-treated. For people 65 and older, the...
There is more than one cause of depression. Some things that may bring on this mental disorder in a seemingly healthy person are the loss of a loved one, job loss, divorce, becoming a victim of abuse or a crime, or any other life-altering event....
The causes of depression and anxiety disorders are not fully known, but it is believed that electrochemical processes in the brain are involved along with the psychological factors. Depression may be involved in an abnormal process delivering...
Depression is considered an ongoing state of sadness that lasts at least two weeks. Many life circumstances cause periods of unhappiness, but these generally resolve on their own. Outside of external circumstances such as death of a lived one,...
Factors which contribute to the development of depression include both personal predispositions and precipitating factors. As one of the major forms of stress in life, divorce can be a precipitating event which increases the risk of developing...
A mood disorder, depression causes patients to feel helpless or hopeless, and affects their perception of the world. For example, depressed patients can feel worthless even if they live productive lives. Many factors can contribute to the onset of...
Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals used by the central nervous system to help communicate signals from one area of the brain to another. According to the website All About Depression, an imbalance in neurotransmitters, such as serotonin,...
Relationships can cause depression through lifestyle changes. With any relationship, whether it be parent and child, marriage, dating or friendships, there is always some form of lifestyle change that may arise. Changing for someone else is never...
There are many medications that have the potential of causing depression as a side effect. These even include antidepressants, medicines designed to ease and control depression. While all drugs have the potential to cause side effects, not...
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