Mormons and depression Archives - Religion News Service

No mission? Then young LDS men are in 'No-Mormon’s Land'

July 11, 2016

Guest blogger Mette Harrison, whose college-age son has decided not to serve a mission at this time, says we are in danger of throwing away a group of young Mormon men who do not go on missions, making them feel like second-class citizens or worse.

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The one factor missing from Utah's suicide puzzle

by Jana Riess

November 17, 2014

Depression and suicide are unusually high in Mormon-dominated Utah. A new scientific theory suggests it's not caused by the culture, but the landscape.

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"No More Shame": A Mormon Apostle Sheds Light on Mental Illness—And His Own Struggles

by Jana Riess

October 8, 2013

Some readers know that there is a history of mental illness in my family, as I’ve written about before. This includes but is not limited to my father, who died ...

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