depression shows up in the outsiders when johnny starts talking about wanting to die and kill himself becuase his parents fight to much and dont care about him.this is when he is depressed he starts to get farther than ponyboyu thinks he start6s to have suicidal thoughts and wants to just die.

in the book it occured when his abusive father and mother yelled at him.he also said he liked it when his father hit him becuase at least he acted like he was there and when it says that its saying that his mother pays no attintion to him and it makes him feel as though he has no mother figure and a abusive father figure

it happened for since things started in the book johnny's parents always fought and when he git involved his dad would hit hi his mother would yell and things would go down hill so i would assume that it started early on.

pony boy also went throyugh depression in the book at the begining pony boy thought darry didny love him and all darry wanted was to get ponyboy out of the hpouse so he was sad about it he was teased at school to and it got real bad when darry hit him for standing up for soda saying dont yell at soda and darry hit him ponyboy ran out of the house and ran away.

My real life comparison is myself iv been depressed before because of my dad and being bullied. But mine was more emotional depression than physical sure i cry it mainly was because of my dad. becuase he had left without saying goodbye but the one thing that got my mind off all of it was my favorite band falling in reverse and my family my mom and sis and bro marching band i couldn't leave it behind so i found my anchor alot if people listen to them they have also saved alot of people i heard them for the first time when my sister was listing to them and i was like this is pretty good so i looked them up and now im not sad all the time and life gets better if you just find your anchor and your reason to be here of course if u think u shouldn't be here your wrong everyone goes through depression one time or another mine came sooner but i got over it and so can others they just need a anchor.

Depression is not a condition to be taken lightly. Depression affects more than 20 million Americans and the countless friends, family, and other loved ones who support them. Knowing depression risk factors can alert you to circumstances that might make you more likely to develop the illness or help you better understand the disease if you’re going through it.

Depression Risk Factors: Genetics and Environment

Of all the depression risk factors, one of the greatest is genetics, says Donald P. Hall, MD, a psychiatrist and author of Breaking Through Depression. “Genetic risks inherited from parents account for 50 percent of the risk for developing depression,” Dr. Hall says. “If one of your parents suffered with depressive illness, your risk of depression doubles.”

“The other 50 percent of risk for depression comes from environmental stress,” adds Dr. Hall. “The most common stressful event leading to depression and suicide is the break-up of a loving relationship. Other stressful events include the death of a child, loss of a job, or divorce.”

Gender as a Depression Risk Factor

Your gender may play a role in your depression risk, too, as women seem more likely to be affected than men. “The risk for developing depression at some point in our lifetimes is 10 percent for men and 20 percent for women,” says Hall. “Two out of 10 women you know will develop clinical depression at some point in their lives.” Hall also believes that in general, women are more sensitive than men when relationship problems occur. “Social bonding and maternal instincts lead women to value intimate relationships more deeply than men. When their children experience hardships or relationships end, women tend to feel the loss more acutely than men. These stressful experiences can trigger the ‘chemical cascade’ and lead to depression.”

Linda Carman Copel, PhD, a psychotherapist and professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, Pa., sees another reason why women are depressed more frequently than men. “Depression occurs in both genders, but men delay seeking treatment,” Copel says. “Often in my practice, men wait and are likely to self-medicate with alcohol; become angry, aggressive, and even violent to people and to things in their environment; engage in distracting behavior; or become involved in high-risk, reckless behaviors until the behavior no longer works for them.”

Depression and Ethnic Background

Some studies suggest that your ethnic background may also play a role in depression, but the jury is still out on this. “The data regarding the prevalence of depression by race or ethnicity in the United States are contradictory,” says Simon Rego, PsyD, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. “Some studies suggest that certain minority groups like African-Americans have higher rates of depression, while other studies suggest that the rates are about the same.”

The reason that some racial groups may have higher rates of depression than others might be related more to sociology than their ethnic background, says Rego. “Some experts suggest that instead of race or ethnicity per se, a more important determining factor is one that is unfortunately often tied to race: poverty.” Rego adds that this is often due to the additional stresses faced by those with financial problems.

David Sack, MD, CEO of Promises Treatment Centers in California and author of more than 50 journal articles on depression, adds one other critical risk factor for depression: “Abuse of drugs and alcohol increases the risks of becoming depressed,” Dr. Sack says. “This is probably due to the changes in brain chemistry that drugs of abuse cause, as well as the myriad of social, occupational, and interpersonal problems that occur when someone becomes addicted.”

If you feel that you are at risk of depression or already depressed, don’t wait to get help. Talk to your doctor and discuss possible courses of treatment to address your condition. http://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/understanding/whos-at-risk.aspx