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Causes of depression
1- Genetics
: if first relative has depression your risk is three times more than others to
have depression
2- Stressors
:
· Chronic pain
· Medical illness
· Impaired social
supports
· Caregiver burden
· Loneliness
· Grief
· Negative life
events
· Loss of a parent before the age of
10 years increases the risk of later depression
3- Drugs
: all street ( recreational) drugs
4- Medications
: blood pressure medications , cortisone
5- Poor parent-child interaction may
lead to early childhood or late depression
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