Who affects the development of a mental disorder?
Depression, a very common mental disorder among society today, has many causes. One of these is
stress.1 Stress can be influenced by many different people, such as teachers, peers, coworkers/bosses, parents, significant others, etc. Environment is a common cause of many mental
disorders2, for example someone abused as a child is more likely to develop bipolar disorder.3 Abuse
and trauma is also linked with diseases such as Personality disorder4, anorexia nervosa5, bulimia
nervosa6 and binge-eating disorder. Another cause of many mental disorders is genetics. This is a
common cause of diseases78 such as schizophrenia9, Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease.
How can a mental disorder affect the functioning of a family or friendship group?
1
http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/docs/Causesofdepression.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_mental_disorders#Life_events.2C_emotional_stress_and_relationshi
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3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_disorder#Cause
5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa#Environmental
6
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/bulimia-nervosa/bulimia-nervosa-cause
7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_mental_disorders#Genes
8
http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Genetic-factors-and-mental-disorders.html
9
http://www.minddisorders.com/Py-Z/Schizophrenia.html
2