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Depression can have many causes, of course genes play a role, life history, circumstances and much more... There is a good model that can be used to explain how mental illnesses and depression arise - the vulnerability-stress model. Find out more here. Drawings and design: Anja Riese, https://www.anjariese.com ----------------------------------------- Sources: Berger, Mental Illnesses, Elsevier 2012 Espinoza R, Unützer J, Diagnosis and management of late-life unipolar depression, uptodate 2020 Lieb, Frauenknecht, Intensivkurs Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Elsevier 2008 Scheider, Facharztwissen Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Springer 2012 #Depressionen