Depression

1.)changes in the body's balance of hormones, which can be a result of problems in the thyroid, menopause, or other condition. Inherited traits are also involved in causes of depression.


2.Environmental causes of depression are concerned with factors that are outside of ourselves.he environmental causes of depression are life events such as the death or loss of familiars of loved ones, financial problems, and high stress. Early childhood traumas can be also a cause of depression, traumatic events during childhood such as abuse or loss of a loved one which can cause permanent changes in the brain.


3.)Cognitive causes of depression are learned through relationships, unfavorable life situations often in childhood and the formative years. People view the world in a negative way, this negative view is usually a distortion of reality.



4.)he cognitive symptoms of depression actually precede the affective and mood symptoms of depression, rather than vice versa.


http://www.allaboutdepression.com/cau_04.html
http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/allen.html