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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:46

cause my friend hes 14 and his dad had is and his grand papi had it. and he says he has it. is it genetic?

Answer:

Yes, it can be genetic.

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DEFINITELY. It is highly hereditary, but social situations during development years can add into it. Tell your friend to see a doctor and maybe a psychiatrist. I have depression (among other things) myself and there is plenty of help out there.

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Yes, mental conditions do tend to run in the family. My father, his uncle, both my grandmothers, my mother , one sister and myself all suffer from depressing. My father, my maternal grandmother,

and myself have all been diagnosed with bipolar disorder(manic highs and depression lows). Unfortunately-I got it from both sides of the family. My counselor and my psychiatrist have both informed me that these problems can be passed down in the family.

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No, but unemployment tends to be genetic in this area.

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Yes, most doctors think it is inherited.

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Yes

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Yeah.

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No. It is an imablance of two componants in your body. it is never calsed by genitics.

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I'm not sure if its right to call it genetic, but i know that its caused mostly by a secretion of a glandule that produces pleasure, well, in some cases people just have problems producing it, so they tend to get depress more often than people that can produce it more easily.

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