(Depression)

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The root of Depression: Nature and Nurture (title is too vague)

MDD also known as Major Depressive Disorderis the most common metal

disorder that affects approximately 19 million of the US population regardless of age,

race or gender (Randolph, 2016). It is a serious mental health condition that women

are 70% more probable than men to experience depression, and youth that ageds 18-

25 are 60% more prone to have depression than mature individuals matured aged 50

or older. Major Depressive Disorder is hasthe highest mortality rate of any mental

disorder, it is a condition characterized by a long lasting depressed mood and loss of

enthusiasm in activities (Burton, Westen, & Kowalski, 2015) (be mindful of grammar

errors. Pls proofread. I corrected some here as examples).It is therefore important to

identify the causes and thus able to find suitable treatment and cure (Noted rationale

and context statements but try to be more concise as these are rather lengthy). Many

are being asked of the hereditary investigation of major depression to figure out the

biological causes of one of the world’s leading and commonest psychiatric illnesses

(Flint and &Kendler, 2014).

(indent para) Research in twin studies give great support to the part of

hereditary in the development of the disorder also with heritability assessed to be as

high as 84 percent (Burton et al., Westen, & Kowalski, 2015).However, there are

methodological flaws which diminish the legitimacy of twin investigations (what are

these flaws?). The limitations in most biological theories are reductionist and it does

not give sufficient data to completely justify human behavior (explain “reductionist”

and elaborate on this). Most people might be inclined to specific behaviors;however

these behaviors might not be shown unless they are activated by components in the

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surrounding (McLeod, 2015) (this is not a good source. Overly simplified. Read

journals instead). Therefore it will be argued that genetics is not able to fully explain

the cause of mental illness as there are other environmental factors to take into

consideration.

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References

Burton, L., Westen, D., & Kowalski, R. (2015). Psychologyical.(4th Australian and New

Zealand edition). Hanging indent? Place of publication? Publisher?

Flint, J., &Kendler, K. S. (2014).The genetics of major depression. Neuron, 81(3), 484-503.

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.01.027

McLeod, S. A. (2015). Biological Psychology. Retrieved from

www.simplypsychology.org/biological-psychology.html

Randolph, S. A. (2016). Depression. Workplace Health & Safety, 64(4), 180.

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