[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Correlation is not causality. I doubt it’s the surgery that makes them suicidal. It’s the false hope that surgery represents to deluded, psychologically fragile individuals. -—

Yes. But the statistics prove that surgery doesn’t improve their situation.

I doubt very much that those who try to treat the underlying mental illness have the same rate of suicide.

[IronJack]

My point exactly. Treat the disease, don’t indulge it.