For Mental Awareness Month, we look at religion and suicide. The Jew and The Gentile, without the Ampersand of Reason (she is working for a living), take a deep dive into a 2018 Cambridge University longitudinal study on religious affiliation and suicide risk. Researchers followed 1,106,104 people aged 16–74 years at the 2001 UK census for nine years to examine suicide risk according to Christian religious affiliation and by inference to examine underlying mechanisms for suicide risk. SPOILER ALERT: You’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out the results! To read the full study, follow the link bellow.

Religion and the risk of suicide: longitudinal study of over 1 million people

We are also including a link to the song “Life is a Carnival,” by The Band. SPOILER ALERT: You’ll have to listen to the podcast for the context for including this link! Or, you can always just click the link and enjoy the song. To skip our opening mishigas start listening at the 14:29 minute mark.