Some Risk Factors And Causes Of Depression
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Health Conditions And Diseases Linked To Depression
Indeed, often, depression is the result or a sign of an underlying health condition. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), this is referred to as “mood disorder caused by a general medical condition”.
How do we differentiate if the depressive state comes about because of a physiological link to an illness, or a psychological link (i.e. he feels sad that he has been diagnosed with cancer)?
In truth, it is not always easy to distinguish between these two types of links between illness and depression.
Here are some health conditions and diseases with possible links to depression.
Hormonal Issues
* Addison’s disease (which is when adrenal hormones are deficient)
* Adrenal gland tumor
* Cushing’s syndrome (where there is too much adrenal hormones)
* Diabetes mellitus
* Hypothyroidism (where the thyroid gland is underactive)
* Parathyroid gland issues
Infectious Diseases
* Hepatitis
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
* Mononucleosis
* Pneumonia
* Syphilis
Cancers
* Brain tumor
* Lung cancer
* Pancreatic cancer
Neurological Issues
* Concussion
* Dementia
* Huntington’s disease
* Multiple sclerosis
* Parkinson‘s disease
* Stroke
Other Health Conditions
* Anemia
* Hypertension or High Blood Pressure
* Lupus
* Vitamin deficiencies, in particular of the various B vitamins
Conclusion
While this is by no means a complete discussion of all the possible causes of depression, looking at the information and evidence together, it probably makes the most sense to believe that depression arises from a combination of various causative factors – biochemical, social, genetic, environmental, neurological, etc.
Different factors affect different individuals to varying degrees. This is true for all health ailments. For example, why do many non-smokers get lung cancer, while many smokers do not get the disease? Or, if viruses are supposed to cause influenza, why do some people get infected, while others do not, even with the same exposure?
That being the case, with depression believed to have a wide array of contributing causes, it makes a lot of sense to deal with and overcome depression also with a comprehensive and holistic treatment and healing arsenal.
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