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Help please! is depression caused by the environment or is it the way the person is made?

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Dr. Barbara Lavi answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

It can be one or: The other or both. Some people inherit a predisposition for depression and causation may be strongly physical. The environment also can play a part in causation (traumatic events, abuse, neglect). Other times it is a mix of physiology and environment.

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Answered 5/7/2016

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