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Depression: what is the cause in women and in men?
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Many: Depression has many causes, there are physical/medical causes such as hormone imbalance, illness, infections, stress in volnerable people, trauma. Some people are biologically predisposed and have a breakdown with minor daily stressors. The causes are not necessarily unique btn men and women.
Answered 5/9/2016
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