Can physical illness cause mental illness?

Question

could you become depressed if you lost both legs (for example?) I don't mean as a result of contemplating what you've lost, but as a direct reaction from the injury itself, like it creates some sort of chemical imbalance in your brain that makes you ill.

Answer 1

yes...maybe...or possibly not.  Good question.

Answer 2

yes it can

Answer 3

I don't think from the actual loss of the legs.  I think the only way you would get depressed is from the loss from a mental point of view, or maybe the drugs they'll have to pump in your veins.