Researchers also found that Catholic women were less likely to commit suicide than Protestant women. Women who regularly attend religious services are five times less likely to commit suicide in comparison to those who never attend services, researchers have found. A study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry found that among more than 89,000 women, "attendance at religious services once per week or more was associated with an approximately 5-fold lower rate of suicide compared with never attending services". Researchers concluded that "frequent religious service attendance was associated with a significantly lower rate of suicide." The women, most of whom were white Christians, were studied over a period of 15 years between 1996 and 2010. During that time, 36 committed suicide, which is among the 10 leading causes of death in the US. "Our results do not imply that health care providers should prescribe attendance at religious services. However, for patie..Continue reading→