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Outline two Biological explanations into Depression Depression according to Comer 1995 is a low, sad state in which life seems bleak and its challenge overwhelming. Depression is a mood, or affective disorder in which a sustained emotional state colours a person's perceptions, thoughts and behaviour. Clinical depression occurs when depression becomes hard to break out of, lasts a long time and affects a person's ability to function normally. There are many explanations into depression one of which being the biological explanation. There are two main biological explanations the first being genetics. Research has pointed towards depression being an inherited illness, evidence of such genetic factors come from family studies, twin studies and adoption studies. Family studies point towards the idea that depression runs in the family. Herrington et al (1993) estimate that up to 29% of the relatives of people diagnosed with depression are also affected, in comparison to the 5-10% of those in the general...

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