Being Suicidal does not mean you have depression
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- mental health problems
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- Blood relatives with a history of depression, bipolar disorder, alcoholism or suicide
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increasing hopeless[ness] and worthless[ness] for some time.
Clinical depression, or major depressive disorder (MDD), is a mood disorder. While there is not an exact cause for depression, Doreen Marshall, PhD, VP of Mission Engagement at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (ASFP), says it can be linked to a combination of factors such as physical brain structure, brain chemistry, hormones, or genetics."
Conduct is = due to forfeits on both sides.
Con argues that the overlap between depression and suicidality means they are correlated, but I interpret the resolution to mean that being suicidal does not necessarily mean that you have depression. Pro proves that suicide can be caused by other conditions like anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, directly proving the resolution.
Other comments: I think con's definition of depression is not accurate because it includes feelings like sadness and frustration which are well within the standard range of human emotions. Depression is more of a persistent despair than just an intermittent negative emotion.
Because first round from Pro was not a round of debating, They both mutually FF'd.
Pro's arguments are better because it was proven that suicidal thinking is not exclusive to depression, it is present amongst other states of mental disorder/illness.
I'll look at this debate later and vote. While cut short, there should be enough material to grade.
I want to make it clear that I'm the "Card of Play" in Dopls bio
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