Posted by:
jojo
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Date: January 22, 2016 04:58PM
anagrammy Wrote:
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> If that were a factor, the highest suicide rates
> in the world would be in the Himalayas.
>
> It's clear to me that pressure creates mental
> breaks and the intermountain west has a
> combination of social and economic pressures that
> easily put marginalized people at risk.
>
> Also, I've had experience with the quality of
> mental health services in Utah and can compare
> with California, Oregon and Washington.
> Washington is the best, Utah the worst.
>
> Utah legislators seem to share the prevailing
> religion's view that mental health problems, the
> whole lot, can be best cured by the gospel.
>
> If a non-Mormon person cannot find work, love,
> support in Utah, has been disowned by family and
> can't afford to leave, I can totally understand
> why suicide might seem like the only way out.
>
> If the local protestant religions weren't so
> afraid of the power of the establishment, they
> could be advertising as safe places for teens to
> flee the cruelty of the dominant culture.
>
> You know, like with newborns only it would be
> "Turn in Your Teen Here"
>
>
>
> Kathleen
There are studies that back the high altitude cause.
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2015/1/29/why-is-utah-americas-most-depressed-state.html