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Every time a cat owner commits suicide I can't help but wonder if that could have been easily prevented.There are close to a billion people with cats, and like a few tens of thousands suicides, that include tons of people with no cats at all.
Especially since even your article says "Cat biting and toxoplasmosis had no effect on the depression, and the number of cats at home had a negative effect on depression (p = 0.021)."
So, only cat scratching does? As if the people with many cats at home don't get scratch? I wouldn't place much emphasis on a single study of questionable quality (given ample empirical evidence that there's no big deal).
"Cats cause suicides" border on "no vaccines" territory...