Nurture vs. Nature… Nurture just scored.
Posted by Mentally Interesting on October 11, 2006
According to some UCLA researchers, early family experiences can reverse the outcome for people genetically inclined towards depression. A supportive family significantly reduced an individual’s likelyhood of developing depression.
From a medicalnewstoday.com article:
Among the study’s implications is that the short form of the 5-HTTLPR is “highly responsive to environmental influence” and, rather than predicting risk for depression, its effects vary substantially, depending on how supportive the external environment is…
Will Meek from the World of Psychology blog has a great post on it here.
Mom, Interrupted said
Hmmm…I wonder if it is one of those “the past is the past” things in life. You know, where the argument would be from some, “well there were many who pulled through fine”…like the criminal and psychopath argument….
Rapid Cycle Gal said
Oh crap, I’ve really messed up my kids then. They will need YEARS of therapy to deal with the screaming, yelling and crying that I have gone through, and put them through because of my own illness. Crud.