Post by ironhold on Nov 19, 2014 4:00:28 GMT
One of the most puzzling aspects about the state of Utah is that it has an alarmingly high suicide rate.
Critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the dominant religion in the state, have held this up as "proof" that the church is somehow a destructive entity.
Over the past decade-plus, I've noted that reputable organizations like the Kaiser Family Foundation have noted that the entire Rocky Mountain region rates high for mental illness (a key factor in many suicides), indicating that a regional factor was likely to blame. To help further debunk the arguments, I noted the Hilton Report (scroll down) which indicates that the church's prohibitions on alcohol consumption & illegal drug usage combined with the church's strong social network is likely why active members of the church are statistically less likely to commit suicide.
My hypothesis about a regional factor influencing matters?
Seems I might well have been correct.
mic.com/articles/104096/there-s-a-suicide-epidemic-in-utah-and-one-neuroscientist-thinks-he-knows-why
A new hypothesis - one that is gaining credibility - has it that higher altitudes (specifically, the thin oxygen in these higher altitudes) can affect serotonin and dopamine production in the brain. The kicker, acccording to the scientist in question, was reports that some people who came to Utah to recieve training to become missionaries quit taking the medication for their ADD and ADHD without ill effect; the way he sees it, the thin oxygen was doing the job of the medication.
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to try and pay attention to where this hypothesis goes.
Critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the dominant religion in the state, have held this up as "proof" that the church is somehow a destructive entity.
Over the past decade-plus, I've noted that reputable organizations like the Kaiser Family Foundation have noted that the entire Rocky Mountain region rates high for mental illness (a key factor in many suicides), indicating that a regional factor was likely to blame. To help further debunk the arguments, I noted the Hilton Report (scroll down) which indicates that the church's prohibitions on alcohol consumption & illegal drug usage combined with the church's strong social network is likely why active members of the church are statistically less likely to commit suicide.
My hypothesis about a regional factor influencing matters?
Seems I might well have been correct.
mic.com/articles/104096/there-s-a-suicide-epidemic-in-utah-and-one-neuroscientist-thinks-he-knows-why
A new hypothesis - one that is gaining credibility - has it that higher altitudes (specifically, the thin oxygen in these higher altitudes) can affect serotonin and dopamine production in the brain. The kicker, acccording to the scientist in question, was reports that some people who came to Utah to recieve training to become missionaries quit taking the medication for their ADD and ADHD without ill effect; the way he sees it, the thin oxygen was doing the job of the medication.
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to try and pay attention to where this hypothesis goes.
