What causes depression?

In our childhood, when we find other children always do not speak, demeanor is different from the norm, we will laugh at them, in fact, these children may suffer from depression, when we have become parents, we must avoid such children to be laughed at again, and more educate We should do more to educate our children and prevent depression.

What causes depression?

Genetic susceptibility

A large sample of population genetic epidemiology survey shows that the closer the blood relationship with the patient, the higher the probability of depression. The probability of first-degree relatives suffering from the disease is much higher than that of other relatives, which is consistent with the general pattern of genetic diseases. Therefore, it can at least be concluded that genetic factors are risk factors for depression.

Neurodevelopmental abnormalities

Among neurodevelopmental abnormalities the catecholamine hypothesis is more recognized. It essentially states that the development of depression may be associated with a decrease in the concentration of the brain's synaptic gap neurotransmitters 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine. Since many antidepressants, such as selective 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitors or selective 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, although the concentration of these neurotransmitters in the synaptic gap of the brain rises very quickly, the antidepressant effect usually takes about 2 weeks to take effect, hence the hypothesis that the phenomenon of hypersensitivity occurs with an increase in the sensitivity of the 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine receptors.

Stress response

The systemic nonspecific adaptive response that occurs when the organism is stimulated by various internal and external environmental factors as well as social and psychological factors is called stress. A variety of major life events occur suddenly, or persist for a long time can cause strong or persistent unpleasant emotional experience, leading to depression.

Finally, experts point out that when we take care of depressed patients, we should avoid patients touching the scene, so we'd better not talk about previous pain with depressed patients, even if we really want to discuss the relevant issues, but also to enlighten them, otherwise the problem of depression may be become more serious, we have to pay attention to the subtle changes in the psychology of the depressed person.