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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by tim333 on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:38AM (#11381330)
#1 Dogs can get depressed so it doesn't need human intelligence. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness)

#2 Depression has a major effect, I doubt it's overshadowed

#3 You get depressed teenagers

So I'd think 1,2 and 3 are met.

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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by lomnakkus on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @01:11PM (#11382980)
Re #1: There's absolutely no way to know if dogs experience "depression" in the same way humans do -- even assuming the outwardly symptoms are similar.

Re #2: Your doubt does not constitute evidence in any reasonable sense.

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