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Depression Hereditary

Depression Hereditary
Overcoming Addiction

Name: Ofelia

Comments: My dad was an alcoholic and suffered with massive depression. I have the same symptoms, I get chronically depressed but at least I don't drink. I just lock myself in my room and don't come out for days. I wonder if depression can be inherited.

Hereditary Depression

Humans are born with genetic tendencies and I think is safe to say that depression is one of them but doesn't mean it's all lost it only means you may have the tendency but you can get help to treat it, there is hope.

Depression Hereditary Health & Special Psychology

Gene variant increases risk for depression, study finds. A gene variant, thought to be carried by nearly 25 percent of the population, increases the odds of developing depression, finds a new study. People with apolipoprotein-E4, called ApoE4 for short, have a 20 percent greater chance of developing clinically significant depressive symptoms later in life compared to those who don't have the gene variant, report the investigators. Source 1g.