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24 pages in length. The extent to which depression in women has myriad causes and theories speaks to the vastness of such a debilitating mental disease. Chemical imbalance, eating disorders, stress, emotional trauma and a whole host of other potential causes -- some genetic, others environmental and still others gender-related -- have made women "twice as likely as men to develop depression" (Anonymous, 2003, p. 7). Bibliography lists 31 sources.
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of other potential causes -- some genetic, others environmental and still others gender-related -- have made women "twice as likely as men to develop depression" (Anonymous, 2003, p. 7).
II. LITERATURE REVIEW: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, THEORIES Hermon-Taylor et al (1998) note that when the body/mind connection is placed in such a position of compromise, there can be no way to
avoid detrimental impact that can manifest itself in the form of various cancers, depression, lupus, cardiovascular problems and Crohns disease, just to name a few. Not only can stress
influence the onset of the disease, but mental anxiety can also inhibit effective healing, as well (Hermon-Taylor et al, 1998). Psychological stress is linked with just about every aspect
of contemporary life; people are ill-equipped to deal with the daily demands that have escalated over the past century, with the population as a whole being forced to assume more
and more responsibility in an already overloaded society. The body is quick to negatively manifest the overwhelming pressures of life in the form of disease -- which is "essentially
a reaction between individuals and the stresses and adverse factors of their physical, biological and social milieu, and how we respond is governed by genetic make-up" (Dobson, 1997, pp. 44-45)
-- and this lists but a few of many such manifestations. Depression related to eating disorders is a growing concern with younger women. What exactly motivates people to lose
control over their food consumption is an issue that is still not fully understood by the medical community; what is known about those who suffer from such eating disorders as
anorexia and bulimia, however, is enough to establish a commonsensical theory: depression, sadness, boredom, anger, anxiety and other negative emotions can cause an episode. Unquestionably psychologically related, other mental
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