DepressionCausesoPredisposingcausesoSocial factors:Marital statusunemploymentlackofaconfidingrelationshipAdverselifeevents
Predisposing causes Social factors: Marital status, unemployment , lack of a confiding relationship ,Adverse life events
DepressionCausesoPrecipitatingcauseso"loss"lifeevents:bereavement,beingmaderedundant,thebreakupoforelationshipophysical illness,childbirth
Precipitating causes “loss” life events: bereavement , being made redundant, the break up of a relationship physical illness , childbirth
DepressionCausesoBiochemicalfactorsoMonoamine theory:reducedmonoaminefunctionmay cause depressionoEndocrinechanges:plasmacortisolT,thyroid-releasinghormone
Biochemical factors Monoamine theory : reduced monoamine function may cause depression Endocrine changes: plasma cortisol ↑, thyroid-releasing hormone ↓
DepressionSymptomsoMood and motivationsymptomsoPresistentlylowered moodoAnhedoniaoSocial withdrawaloLossofenergyoPoor concentration
Mood and motivation symptoms Presistently lowered mood Anhedonia Social withdrawal Loss of energy Poor concentration