Possible Link Discovered for Indicating Risks for Depression

I thought depression was caused by a lack of seratonin in the brain. Plus drug use,so they canny blame it awe on the ancestors.Depression is a mixed bag of dolly mixtures.

I know there are people who have to take medications but it is necessary they receive counseling or the person will just possibly continue destructive patterns and never get to the real reason for the pain.

There is so much written about this and it certainly cannot be addressed in a post.  I just want  to bring attention to a program that I personally believe in.  Depression is also a message.  If it is not organically caused  it must be experienced to get to  the place of searching for one's truth...and finding the blocked energy.

http://www.primaltherapy.com/

A brief paste from the site concerning the book Primal Therapy.

For the first time, psychology, neurology & physiology are linked to explain the human condition.
Why love is an important ingredient in determining how the brain and personality develop, and how they affect us for a lifetime. He has developed a method for going back in history to the source of unhappiness, depression, anxiety and addiction to undo the damage.

Primal Healing is Dr. Janov's magnum opus, the culmination of decades of clinical observation and research. Here he melds current research in biology and neurology with his clinical work to produce a definitive thesis regarding how any psychotherapy that uses words as the predominant mode of therapy cannot make profound change. Dr. Janov traces the route of feeling from the brainstem to the prefrontal cortex, indicating how repression sets in to block our feelings to create a whole host of neurotic behaviors and physical symptoms. He illustrates how effective therapy or "cure" involves unblocking the repressive barrier and allowing lower level imprinted feelings to rise to the frontal neocortex. All this is explained for the lay person;

Dr. Janov diagrams the brain and shows how and why reliving old traumas is essential for therapeutic improvement. He notes that because heavy valence pain is sealed into the system by the stress hormones (catecholamines), any therapy must arrive at an equally emotional level in order to unhinge the traumas from their hidden lair. He states that any proper psychotherapy must test the patient's brain and physiology for changes. Cognitive groups lead a self-fulfilling prophecy: patients have psychological problems, we treat only the psychological neocortex, and then test the patient afterward in terms of ideas and attitudes to see if they have made progress. What the patient "thinks," therefore becomes paramount. He can think he has made progress but his brain and body may betray him. If people are happy enough in this kind of therapy so be it; but people should know that there are deeper more efficient ways that deal with deep causes, that this kind of therapy is more than "help," it is long lasting; the only long lasting therapy extant.

Depression is a truly 'holistic' disease that may be a complex mix of genetic connections, environmental influences, psychological factors, physiological components and much, much more.

Anything that sheds light on this perplexing, debilitating mental illness is welcome.

Thank you for the posting.