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One of your patients, 31 year-old Samual Weiss, is suffering from depression. You confirm your supposition...

One of your patients, 31 year-old Samual Weiss, is suffering from depression. You confirm your supposition by administering a dexamethasone suppression test. Describe/depict the hypothetical findings obtained using the dexamethasone test that let you to your diagnosis. Then, offer a brief statement on the implications that your results and conclusion have for the etiology (i.e. cause) of depression.
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