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Health deterioration causes depression?
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It can: Depression may be related to loss of good health becouse the same problems are effecting brain chemistry, or despondency secondary to the loss. Either way treatment is indicated.
Answered 12/8/2015
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It certainly can!: No one wants to be less than healthy. Add to that the genetic component to major depressive disorder, and the likelyhood of depression rises.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Absolutely: Depression is common in many chronic health conditions, such as heart attack (40-65%); coronary artery disease without heart attack (18-20%); parkinson's (40%); ms (40%); stroke (10-27%); cancer (25%); and diabetes (25%). Depression also worsens outcome in all these conditions. It's more than psychological -- some feel inflammation may underlie depression as well as these other conditions.
Answered 11/27/2017
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