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American Muslims Are 2 Times More Likely To Have Attempted Suicide Than Other Groups
NPR ^ | 10 August 2021 | Dalia Faheid

Posted on 08/11/2021 1:01:24 PM PDT by Cronos

U.S. Muslims are two times more likely to have attempted suicide compared with other religious groups, according to a study published last month in JAMA Psychiatry. Nearly 8% of Muslims in the survey reported a suicide attempt in their lifetime compared with 6% of Catholics, 5% of Protestants and 3.6% of Jewish respondents.

"Anecdotally and in clinical settings, we're definitely seeing an uptick in suicides and suicide attempts,"

At the heart of these numbers are several issues

Researchers attribute the high suicide attempt rate to two factors: religious discrimination and community stigma — both of which, they say, prevent Muslim American communities from seeking mental health services.

in Allen,Texas Brothers Farhan Towhid, 19, and Tanvir Towhid, 21, both of whom reportedly battled depression, made a pact to die by suicide and kill the rest of their family so they wouldn't have to live with the grief.

....Naureen Ahmed, now 39, remembers how her family would visit her mother, Seema, at a psychiatric hospital. But the family never openly discussed why she was there.

Some days, Seema would sing along to Bollywood music at home wearing red lipstick. Other days, she'd walk around the house brandishing knives — or jump out of the car on the highway, threatening to kill herself.

Ahmed, a social butterfly at school, was hesitant to invite friends over because she never knew which side of her mother she would get that day.

It wasn't until she was 25 that Ahmed finally learned why her mom acted that way: she had bipolar depression and schizoaffective disorder, her grandparents told her.

"If you believe that your mental illnesses will bring shame on you or your family, then you tend to stay silent about it," said Dr. Farha Abbasi,

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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion; Islam
KEYWORDS: inbreeding; islam; muslim; religionofpeace; religionofpieces; rop; waronterror
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1 posted on 08/11/2021 1:01:24 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

I’m sad.


2 posted on 08/11/2021 1:02:14 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Cronos

So they are failures.


3 posted on 08/11/2021 1:02:23 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Cronos

The most common cause of failure is a faulty detonator.


4 posted on 08/11/2021 1:03:21 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Cronos

Islam is a cult for the mentally unstable.


5 posted on 08/11/2021 1:03:31 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: Cronos

“Researchers attribute the high suicide attempt rate to two factors: religious discrimination and community stigma — both of which, they say, prevent Muslim American communities from seeking mental”

Sounds like bs.


6 posted on 08/11/2021 1:04:11 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

And they are 5000 times more likely to attempt suicide with an exploding vest or car ...


7 posted on 08/11/2021 1:04:20 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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To: Cronos

I wish all of them success!


8 posted on 08/11/2021 1:04:55 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: Cronos

Muslims are also more likely to take a crowd of people with them when they suicide.


9 posted on 08/11/2021 1:05:06 PM PDT by CrappieLuck
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To: Cronos

When you only have death and destruction as a religion, there’s nothing else left.


10 posted on 08/11/2021 1:05:17 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated - non-injected.)
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To: Cronos

There are several very mean things I could say in response to that. “Patience! I’m still accumulating all the Data.”


11 posted on 08/11/2021 1:05:35 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Cronos

Wait! You want to commit suicide?! Can you drive a truck?


12 posted on 08/11/2021 1:05:44 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Cronos

Commit suicide and then kill the rest of their family so they wouldn’t have to feel the pain?

I think we have zeroed in on why Muslims kill themselves more often: no respect for life.


13 posted on 08/11/2021 1:06:31 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision." Winston Churchill )
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To: Cronos

We can do better...................


14 posted on 08/11/2021 1:07:42 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Cronos

Bummer Dude


15 posted on 08/11/2021 1:07:50 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: ifinnegan

Yes. The author is trying to blame civilized people for the Muslims’ problems.


16 posted on 08/11/2021 1:08:20 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision." Winston Churchill )
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To: Cronos

“American Muslims Are 2 Times More Likely To Have Attempted Suicide Than Other Groups”

Modified Sentence ...

non-American Muslims Are More Likely To Have Suicides That Kill 20 Times Other Groups


17 posted on 08/11/2021 1:10:05 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: Cronos

And the point is?


18 posted on 08/11/2021 1:11:08 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Cronos

www.thereligionofpeace.com


19 posted on 08/11/2021 1:11:54 PM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: Cronos

But not succeeded?


20 posted on 08/11/2021 1:12:14 PM PDT by polymuser (BLA socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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