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My experience has been that to some degree it is. Depression can be caused by a a chemical imbalance, and these imbalances can be passed from parent to child. You can also 'inherit' depression by imitating your parents' reactions to the things that make them depressed. So you can inherit your parents' habits. While one can inherit a chemical imbalance, you won't necessarily become depressed because nothing may trigger those things you have inherited. Also, you may be generally more happy and hopeful than your parents, or better at controlling your thoughts and feelings.
There is a lot more than chemical imbalance and heredity that can cause depression. For example, temperament, stress, death, sadness, noise, etc. So if you are depressed, it is not necessarily due to your parents.
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Genetics can play a role in predisposing individuals to depression, but it is not solely determined by genetics. Environmental factors, life experiences, and neurobiology also influence the development of depression. Having a family history of depression can increase the risk, but it does not guarantee that you will also experience it.
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Where can you find an online depression test?
Depression-screening.org has a good depression screener. Mayoclinc.com has a good depression self-assessment. Where can you find and online depression test? You can find online depression test all over the internet. I would suggest using www.everydayhealth.com/depression.
What part of speech is depression?
The word depressed is an adjective. It means to be in a state of depression.
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I am very inactive because I suffer from depression.
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I think that any physician can diagnose depression even your general practioner. They may refer you to a psychologist if they think your depression is really bad.
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It is probably heretitary. Maybe he/she got it from the parents. Or it laid on the wrong side in the mother.
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Yes and no . Elvis Presley's mother gladys also died of a heart attack.However he took many pills to help him stay awake and give him energy. He died of heretitary cardiac problems and also the pills he took.
Where can you find an online depression test?
Depression-screening.org has a good depression screener. Mayoclinc.com has a good depression self-assessment. Where can you find and online depression test? You can find online depression test all over the internet. I would suggest using www.everydayhealth.com/depression.
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The Great Depression
Is Depression capitalized?
Depression is capitalized in phrases such as The Great Depression, but the medical condition and the scientific are not.
What depression happened in 1965?
The grea depression
Is the US in an economic depression?
what is an economic depression?
What is an example economic depression?
The Great Depression
Is fissure a projection or depression?
....opening?
Is meatus a depression or projection?
is a depression
How is Depression Characterized?
the great depression was characterized by
