#8 Risk factors
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The major risk factors for depression include heredity, physical, mental, and sexual abuse, some types of medication, a major loss such as death of a family member of friend, chronic physical illness, and conflict with family members or close friends. There are new potential causes being discovered which suggest that medical conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes may contribute to the risk of depression. Brain scans of elderly people suffering from depression revealed damage that was caused by these health problems may have contributed to their condition.
