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. When they maim themselves and their lives do not morph into earthly paradises like they expected, they can’t face the reality and take an eighth-story exit.
-— 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.