Posted by SLS on July 10, 2010, at 4:56:56
In reply to Re: What's up for 10 years from now? » europerep, posted by jade k on July 9, 2010, at 22:29:40
> This question has been a recurrent theme on the board lately, nature vs nurture. I DO believe depression (and many mental illnesses) can be caused by childhood neglect and abuse. I also believe that some simply are genetic, and all the parental love in the world can't prevent some disorders from presenting.
Agreed. My guess is that it is not an either-or scenario for most cases of depression. Both nature and nurture (or lack of it) contribute to its induction. I see the causations of depression to lie along a continuum ranging from being predominantly genetic to predominantly psychological. One of the problems with the English language is that it uses the same one word - "depression" - to describe multiple phenomena. This leads to a great deal of confusion and perhaps a lack of empathy. Many mentally healthy people who experience occasional situational depressions often generalize their experience to everyone else. They just don't know any better. Even now, 20 years after the "Decade Of The Brain", there is still a need for educating the general public as to the phenomenology of mental illness. It is sad.
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