ogical disturbances, which currently focus on the body's neurochemical, endocrine, and limbic systems. Psychological causes are thought to include (1) family origin, which focuses on the general area of personality and its development, and (2) social, influences, which covers such things as poverty, segregation, and sexism. Stress is another factor in depression. Stress can result from physical illness, the inability to cope with certain life events, such as separation and loss, and from significant changes, such as marriage, and childbirth (Schwartz and Schwartz .3).
             Certain people are more susceptible to depression than others. These people are the ones more likely to become depressed out of their nature than others are. Ranking in higher susceptibility, some of those people include women, men, the Baby Boom generation, elderly, teens, and children. The likelihood of women getting depression is twice as high as men. Most women have had traumatic childhood experiences that do not surface until later on in life, thus leaving them vulnerable to depression. Men are likely to get depressed because it is said that men are supposed to rise above "feelings of emotion" (Bourne and Russo 28), men often hide their sadness and that often leads to depression because they are ashamed of it. The circumstances that can add to this are those of abusing alcohol and drugs as a means of escape (Bourne and Russo 38).
             Baby Boomers may have been a reaction to the emotional disruptions of growing up in 1950's and 60's America with its unprecedented rates of divorce and relocation, leading to losses of family, friends, and community. The Baby Boom generation also came of age during a time of record economic expansion, which created great expectations of wealth and success. But their enormous numbers also meant unprecedented competition for schools, jobs, and housing, leaving many of their dreams unfulfilled. When people feel a gap between what they e...