Episode 7: Youth Suicidality and the Church (Justin Dyer)

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🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It’s not uncommon to hear popular narratives that link depression and suicide with the Church. Are those claims accurate? Dr. Justin Dyer finds the research suggests a different narrative. In this episode, professor Dyer shares his important studies about Latter-day Saint youth suicide, depression, LGBTQ members, and religiosity that can help us act in more informed and compassionate ways.

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0:00.0	Hey Podcast Listeners, Professor Anthony Sweat from Church History and Doctrine here.
0:04.0	I wanted to give you one note on this episode up front as the executive producer
0:09.0	because we're dealing with extremely sensitive subjects in this episode.
0:12.0	If you or someone that you love
0:13.9	finds themselves in crisis regarding suicide, the US National Suicide Prevention
0:19.2	Lifeline is available at all hours at 1-800, 273 Talk.
0:24.6	That's 1,800, 273, 8255.
0:28.6	Also, you can visit the Church's Suicide Prevention
0:31.2	and Ministering website at Suicide.
0:34.0	Church of Jesus Christ.org.
0:37.0	Remember behind numbers and statistics are real individual children of God.
0:42.0	Suicide prevention should be a top priority for every one of us.
0:48.6	There's no question that anxiety, depression, and suicide are globally on the rise and at alarming rates at that.
0:56.2	The World Health Organization reported that between 2005 and 2015 there was an 18% global increase, you guys 18% in depression.
1:07.0	And in their January 2020 report, they say that 264 million people currently suffer from depression.
1:15.0	Tragically, close to 800,000 people every year lose their life to depression-related suicide,
1:21.0	with suicide being the second leading cause of death for 15 to 29 year olds.
1:27.0	In the United States, Utah ranks among the highest for both rates of depression and also rates of suicide.
1:34.0	Although, as the World Health Organization says,
1:37.0	quote, depression results from a complex interaction of social, psychological, and biological factors, end of quote.
1:45.0	There's a risen a colloquial and even a popular media narrative that seeks to focus on one factor,
1:52.0	the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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