Although no one is invulnerable to depression, statistically, depression does play favorites.
Women are twice as vulnerable to depression as men.
Research has never produced an explanation for this phenomenon. People from families with a history of mood disorders . Research indicates that children with one depressed parent are two to three times more likely to suffer from depression by the time they reach the age of 18 than children of nondepressed parents. If both parents are depressed, the risk doubles. Anyone in the 25 - 44 age range .