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Biological Factors and Mental Illness

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The biological and environmental influences are important to the topic because the topic for the essay is related to mental illness which leads to depression for the person and which is caused b y the biological and environmental factors and thus theses influences are considered. The biological and environmental influences are important to the topic because the topic for the essay is related to mental illness which leads to depression for the person and which is caused b y the biological and environmental factors and thus theses influences are considered.

Biological Factors and Mental Illness

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION Biological factors are those which are genetic and have their influences on the person.Mental illness can be inherent .as it occurs with the interaction of multiple genes and otherfactors like depression. Mental health of the person is affected due to biological influences asthe members of the family are affected by the mental illness than there are chances to occur thesame in the other members of the family. The biological influences due to which the person getinto depression is psychological trauma, adverse childhood environment. The environmentalfactors are those which are present in the environment and due to which the person goes intodepression include the factors such as death or divorce, social and cultural expectation, low selfesteem , anxiety , anger etc. are the environmental factors which leads to mental illness of theperson as it increases the stress of the personal and leads to depression. The biological andenvironmental influences are important to the topic because the topic for the essay is related tomental illness which leads to depression for the person and which is caused b y the biologicaland environmental factors and thus theses influences are considered. The twin and adoptionstudies helps in understanding the impact of the genetic and environmental influences. Thesis statement : "This essay will provide information regarding the biological andenvironmental influences leads to depression for a person".MAIN BODY The biological and Environmental factors play and important role in the development ofmental illness. The biological factors which h The mental illness of the person is caused throughdepression because the person which is suffering from severe depression . The contribution ofgenetic factor is stronger in the development of mental illness (Causes of Mental Illness, 2018).As per the twin studies it is identified that pair of twins have same trait which means if the onetwin is suffering from mental illness than there are chances that the same can be occur in theother twin. According to study it is identified that twins were found to have the majordepression (Kuehner, 2017). The environmental factors contribute to mental illness consist oflack nutrients, maternal stress, social disadvantage, childhood maltreatment, traumatic eventsetc. The environmental influences have their impact on the mental illness of the person due towhich the level of severe depression rises. the depression is caused by different reasons whichconsist of brain chemistry which is imbalance in neurotransmitter that are involved in mood
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