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Risk
Factors for Depression |
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- Gender:
female 2x as likely
- Age:
peak ages of onset 20 – 40 years old
- Family
history of depression: 1.5 to 3x as
likely
- Postpartum:
up to 10% suffer depression
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Marital status: higher risk for women
if married; lower risk for men if married
- History
of Previous Depressions: if 1 previous
episode, 50% probability of relapse; if 2 previous
episodes, 75% probability of relapse
- Chronic
medical illness
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