Depression

Causes and Risk Factors

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Imaging technologies show that the brains of people with depression look different from those of people without depression. The areas that control mood, thinking, sleep, appetite, and behavior are not functioning properly in people with depression. But the scans do not show us WHY the depression has occurred.