Summary

• Depression is the cluster of symptoms created when there is a neurochemical imbalance in the brain.

• What causes the imbalance can be emotional, cognitive, physical, interpersonal, environmental or some combination of the above.

• Part of the strengths based approach means helping people see what they already are doing to prevent or deal with the symptoms

• Biopsychosocial means

• Examining all causative factors

• Recognizing that all factors are reciprocal in nature.

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