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2. Are Mental Illnesses Genetic? What's the Full Story? - Healthline

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   Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme mood swings that alternate between mania (or hypomania) and depression. It affects 2.6% of American adults, which amounts to about 5.7 ...

3. Is Depression and Anxiety Hereditary: Find Out - WebMD

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   The most important thing is that you get treatment for any mental health condition, whether it runs in your family or not. If you do have relatives with anxiety, depression, or both, you’ll want ...

4. Causes of Depression: Genetics, Illness, Abuse, and More - WebMD

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   Death or a loss. Sadness or grief after the death or loss of a loved one, though natural, can increase your risk of depression. Gender. Women are about twice as likely as men to become depressed ...

5. Is Schizophrenia Hereditary? Genetics & Other Causes - Healthline

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   Other causes of schizophrenia. Along with genetics, other potential causes of schizophrenia include: The environment. Being exposed to viruses or toxins, or experiencing malnutrition before birth ...

6. History of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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   Health. v. t. e. Historically, mental disorders have had three major explanations, namely, the supernatural, biological and psychological models. [1] For much of recorded history, deviant behavior has been considered supernatural and a reflection of the battle between good and evil. When confronted with unexplainable, irrational behavior and by ...

7. Bipolar Disorder: Is There a Hereditary Connection? - Healthline

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   Genetic factors account for about 60 to 80 percent of the cause of bipolar disorder. That means that heredity isn’t the only cause of bipolar disorder. It also means that if you have a family ...