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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 April 2013 11:23:20PM 1 point [-]

It's worth noting that by a strict interpretation of the DSM, only the diagnostic symptoms of depression qualify as immediate causes; suicide attempts cause depression, not the other way around.

I think you, and possible also the DSM, are confusing efficient cause, material cause, and formal cause.

Comment author: Decius 30 April 2013 01:49:45AM 0 points [-]

I think that I'm accurately representing the implications of using a strict interpretation of the DSM definitions, where 'three out of five' is the necessary and sufficient condition for a disease to exist.

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