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Critically Discuss the Causes of one Psychological Disorder Depression is one of the most common and treatable of all mental illnesses  

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Student: Zoe Wood Tutor: Nick Warmsley Theories of Depression ONCW - Psychology - Level 3 Assignment 2 Date of Submission: 15th March 2006 Critically Discuss the Causes of one Psychological Disorder Depression is one of the most common and treatable of all mental illnesses. The term 'depression' can be confusing and often referred to describe normal emotional reactions; however it is a widely studied psychological disorder that many people can suffer from. 340 million people in the world suffer from this mental disorder, which no one is immune to. It can happen to anybody from any social class, from any country, of any race. Everybody can feel 'down in the dumps' at times. These feelings of sadness and discouragement are perfectly normal especially during hard times, but a person who constantly feels like this and cannot 'snap out of it' may be a sufferer of this illness. Depression can take several other forms. In bipolar disorder, known as manic-depressive...

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