JOHN LESTER M.

MANIQUEZ
BS PSYCHOLOGY 3-1

WIKIPEDIA SIMPLE 1

IS DEPRESSION PHYSIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL?

We cannot explain depression solely with a single concept, especially by purely

stating it either as a Physiological Distress or a Psychological Disorder. Just as the
Cartesian Dualism (René Descartes) explains, our body is divided into two distinct
fractions, one is the physical matter who is subjected for scientific inquiries and abides
law of nature, and the other is A human mind comprising the soul, self, or spirit
detached from scientific exploration and natural laws, giving us a distinct separation of
human brain and human mind.

Human brain and Human mind are different from one another. Human Brain
holds the Physiological functions, and the scientific evidence of some disorders just like
Depression, on the other hand, Human Mind holds Psychological functions and
behavioral explanations. Biologically speaking, depression is a disorder due to the
imbalance of the body’s neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, and
cortisol that impacts the brain limbic system; part of the brain responsible for emotion
regulation particularly our response to stressful experiences making us depressed.
While psychology indicated common features of depressive disorders such as sad,
empty, or irritable mood complemented by somatic and cognitive alterations that may
impact significantly the person’s capability to function.

Depression is neither purely Physiological nor purely Psychological, it is

combination of different factors resulting by both aspects, not just on the imbalance of
neurotransmitters in the nervous system and genetics but also by the degree of
sadness, loss of interest, defective mood regulation, stress, and medical problems the
affected person experienced.