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How Does A Child's Depression Affect Other Members Of The Family?

Question: How does a child's depression affect other members of the family?Answer: Well, depression in children affects everybody in the family. We know, in fact, that depression runs in families and that the manifestation of a depression is really the result of interactions between genes and the environment.So that first, parents may be very empathic with their child who suffers a depression because either they or a family member have suffered depression. Secondly, we know that certain negative...Full Story
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