We know that depression and other disorders are brought on by strong environmental stresses. Having a parent with an illness is a big environmental stress.
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We always knew that the environment has a very strong effect on the onset of depression. With children particularly, if you can delay the onset for as long as possible or even prevent it, you can do a great service to a child.
While depression may be a genetic disorder, it has a strong environmental component. And, for a child, a parent's illness is a very strong environmental effect. You want to reduce that effect so that you can have a beneficial effect on the child.
We focused on mothers because depression is more common in women than men, and women are more apt to come for treatment. But we suspect the same with depressed fathers.
This quote is just one of 10 total Myrna M. Weissman quotes in our collection. Myrna M. Weissman is known for saying 'We know that depression and other disorders are brought on by strong environmental stresses. Having a parent with an illness is a big environmental stress.' as well as some of the following quotes.