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