things to read in the news is when someone gives up and cannot battle depression anymore. I read yesterday that Nicholas Hughes, the son of Sylvia Plath, committed suicide by hanging himself.
There's an interesting article today, here, that talks about studies showing how depression (and suicide) is prevalent in families, not just individuals.
From CNN.com
Research shows that depression runs in families. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows biological markers for the inherited condition. The researchers found, in a sample of 131 people, that the biological offspring of depressed people had structural differences in their brain. Some of these people had been followed for more than 25 years.
People at high risk of developing depression had a 28 percent thinning of the right cortex, the brain's outermost surface, the study found. Those with an extra thinning abnormality in the left cortex were most likely to develop depression or anxiety.
(I'm posting the above quote from CNN.com as a few people have asked me if I knew what caused depression. And, honestly, I'm not sure, but it looks like there have been studies done and above is what one group found during their study of depression).
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