Metal illness
Drug abuse or Alcohol abuse
If so please explain how
2007-09-16 10:26:06 · 6 answers · asked by moneyman 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
O.K. definitely. My brother has bi-polar and my sister and I have always have to deal with depression. My great grandfather and some of his sons had depression too and killed themselves. Alchohol abuse - my husband and his siblings are all alchoholics as there parents were and they inherited the gene. Of course, I am now concerned about my 3 sons but as I am not alchoholic and don't drink and pray against the spirit of alchoholism then I think that they may have a chance. Hope so!
2007-09-16 11:11:13 · answer #1 · answered by curiouscanadian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely they can run in the family....
Mental illnesses are thought to result from the following contributing factors:
Biological factors – Mental illnesses are often hereditary, meaning that they tend to run in families. Research into mental illness has also suggested the biological and medical roots of such illnesses.
Psychological factors – Various psychological factors, such as trauma suffered as a child or the loss of a close loved one, may contribute to mental illness in some cases.
Social factors – Certain social or environmental stressors may also contribute to mental illness. These may include life events such as moving to a new place or divorce and chronic feelings like low self-esteem, loneliness, or anger.
Drug and alcohol abuse many factors play a part: Genetics, Personality, Learned Behaviors, Cultural, Social or Environmental Factor
2007-09-22 22:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by :-o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i dont know the scientific explanation though of the top of my head
though an obvious factor would be constantly growing up and being surrounded by e.g. parents doing drugs or alcohol or even sometimes living with someone with a mental illness can cause u to become severly depressed then lead to yourself gettin mentally ill...
2007-09-16 17:42:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depression does run in in families. What I do notice that often their food intake is not so healthy neither, before they become depressed.And I wonder or that has something to do with it.
Think about this , In Europe during the 2nd world war hardly nobody was depressed. Everybody was just thinking about survival.
I also notice people who concentrate on others than themselves hardly get depressed.
2007-09-23 19:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by yasses 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They actually just sort of stumble around.
Those Gold and Silver maladies are the worst.
2007-09-22 23:51:30 · answer #5 · answered by smkeller 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah.genetics
2007-09-21 04:14:38 · answer #6 · answered by bel c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋