Women And Depression - Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
It takes months or even years to cure or manage serious depression, a real mental illness. Millions of Americans across the United States are affected by depression each and every year. To make things worse it is estimated that only a third of those who suffer the disease will ever seek treatment.
Many Americans don’t want to be considered crazy, so because depression is considered a mental affliction they avoid diagnosis. They would rather deal with the problem on their own than risk being stereotyped should they seek assistance. Depression doesn’t just stop, and it’s a lot more common than people think.
Causes of Depression
What are the causes for depression? The answer isn’t that simple because there are many elements to depression. The list is quite long.
Let’s list a few of the contributing factors to depression. A chemical imbalance is widely considered to be the main cause for depression. But what causes the imbalance? Typically the causes stem from biological, genetic, physical, mental and environmental implications.
There are those inflicted that never really determine what spurned their depression. Many become depressed when they are diagnosed with a very serious medical condition. This is especially the case if the diagnosis presents the possibility of death or impairment.
Another cause of depression can be the emotional pain felt after losing a loved one. In many cases the loss can be very traumatic. Long periods of emotional, sexual or other physical abuses can result in depression. When people abuse drugs and/or alcohol the result is often depression.
Even a perfectly healthy person, when exposed to the right combination of events and issues, can become afflicted with chronic depression. Depression is often passed along in the DNA. A strong correlation between family history of depression and current depression has been found . Oddly, many drugs including those that regulate depression or anxiety can cause depression. It has been clinically proven that some high blood pressure medication can cause depression.
A major cause of depression is stress. In our lives many events and elements can cause stress. Even positive events such as a marriage, a new baby or winning an award can cause stress.
In these cases it’s not the good event causing stress, but fear of the unknown and/or fear of ability to deserve or maintain the positive element. In addition, many are stressed from personal conflicts with their loved ones, associates in employment or friends. Just trying to make ends meet is stressful for some people. By determining the cause, medical professionals have a much better chance of administering a treatment. If you or someone you love suffers from depression-please seek medical assistance.
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