Re: Genetic causes of anxiety and/or depression?

People have suggested things for you to put in your mouth.  I'll make a suggestion for things to heal you as spirit which most people think of as your mind.

Try some meditation.  Take at least twenty minutes a day for this form of inner peace.  Find a meditation that works for you.  I use grounding and centering in my meditation.  Here's an article on meditation and abuse - and it does raise its ugly head in adulthood after forgotten childhood abuse - I know:

http://worldpulse.com/node/58217

Just eight weeks of mindful meditation can rewire the brain - but don't stop at eight weeks:

http://www.naturalnews.com/036313_meditation_depression_brain_function.html

We are such an orally programmed society that people forget that simple mindful techniques work too.  Meditation is a form of prayer and you know that there are loads of people who use prayer to cure difficulties.  You can too.  Twenty minutes a day is a great beginning and you can increase that time from there.