How to define depression? There are countless aspects to define what causes depression and why people become depressed. According to Johann Hari, “ biological, psychological, and social. They are all real. This is known as the ‘bio-psycho-social model.’ It’s simple. All three sets of factors are relevant, and to understand a person’s depression and anxiety, you need to look at them all (54).” Every factor has different ways to interpret it. For instance, the social part causes depression may lose a loved one or effect by social media. No matter what kind of factor, they are all relevant which have coherences. We need to consider all of them instead of focusing on only one factor. The advantage is that we might find out something we don’t expect because the three factors which the author mentions have relevance.
It is not easy to understand a person’s depression because depression does not have a certain way to be diagnosed. That is why we should focus on biological, psychological, and social. Getting enough information from examples in life.
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