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→Atheism and suicide, depression and alcohol abuse
''See also:'' [[Atheism and suicide]] and [[Atheism and depression]] and [[Atheism and alcoholism|Atheism and alcohol abuse]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and suicide]] and [[Atheism and depression]] and [[Atheism and alcoholism|Atheism and alcohol abuse]]
[[Image:Desperation_man.jpg |thumb|225px|right|Atheists have a higher suicide rate than the religious.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html Adherents.com - suicide rates]</ref> ]]
As a whole, individuals who reside in religious countries and are integrated into their religious community's values are less accepting of [[suicide]].<ref>Norko MA, Freeman D, Phillips J, Hunter W, Lewis R, Viswanathan R (January 2017). "[https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000000615 Can Religion Protect Against Suicide?]". ''Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease''. 205 (1): 9–14. doi:10.1097/nmd.0000000000000615. ISSN 1539-736X. PMID 27805983. S2CID 22824093</ref><ref>Gearing RE, Alonzo D (December 2018). "[http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10943-018-0629-8 Religion and Suicide: New Findings]". Journal of Religion and Health. 57 (6): 2478–2499. doi:10.1007/s10943-018-0629-8. ISSN 0022-4197. PMID 29736876. S2CID 13687736.</ref> Compared to secular oriented countries, suicide rates are lower in countries with a state [[religion]].<ref>Norko MA, Freeman D, Phillips J, Hunter W, Lewis R, Viswanathan R (January 2017). "[https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000000615 Can Religion Protect Against Suicide?]". ''Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease''. 205 (1): 9–14. doi:10.1097/nmd.0000000000000615. ISSN 1539-736X. PMID 27805983. S2CID 22824093</ref><ref>Gearing RE, Alonzo D (December 2018). "[http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10943-018-0629-8 Religion and Suicide: New Findings]". Journal of Religion and Health. 57 (6): 2478–2499. doi:10.1007/s10943-018-0629-8. ISSN 0022-4197. PMID 29736876. S2CID 13687736.</ref> In 2008, the Gallup Organization reported: [https://news.gallup.com/poll/108625/more-religious-countries-lower-suicide-rates.aspx In More Religious Countries, Lower Suicide Rates]
[[Phil Zuckerman]] is a professor of [[sociology]] and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California (which was the first secular studies university department<ref>[https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/phil-zuckerman Phil Zuckerman], Berkley Center website</ref>). He specialization is in the sociology of [[secularity]].
The website Adherents.com reported concerning '''atheism and suicide''':
{{cquote|Pitzer College sociologist Phil Zuckerman compiled country-by-country survey, polling and census numbers relating to [[atheism]], [[agnosticism]], disbelief in God and people who state they are non-religious or have no religious preference. These data were published in the chapter titled "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns" in The [[Cambridge University Press|Cambridge]] Companion to Atheism, ed. by [[Michael Martin]], [[Cambridge University]] Press: Cambridge, UK (2005). In examining various indicators of societal health, Zuckerman concludes about [[suicide]]:
"Concerning suicide rates, this is the one indicator of societal health in which religious nations fare much better than [[Global atheism|secular nations]]. According to the 2003 [[World Health Organization]]'s report on international male suicides rates (which compared 100 countries), of the top ten nations with the highest male suicide rates, all but one (Sri Lanka) are strongly irreligious nations with high levels of atheism. It is interesting to note, however, that of the top remaining nine nations leading the world in male suicide rates, all are former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/[[Communism|Communist]] nations, such as Belarus, Ukraine, and Latvia. Of the bottom ten nations with the lowest male suicide rates, all are highly religious nations with statistically insignificant levels of organic atheism."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312164313/http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html Religious Affiliation, Atheism and Suicide]</ref>}}
In 2002, the [[China|People's Republic of China]], which has [[state atheism]], had the highest suicide rate (25.6 per 100,000 persons).<ref>Bertolote JM, Fleischmann A (2002). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20210118061959/https://www.iasp.info/pdf/papers/Bertolote.pdf A Global Perspective in the Epidemiology of Suicide]" (PDF).</ref>
Concerning [[atheism and depression]], a University of Michigan study involving 19,775 individuals found that religious people are less likely than atheists to suffer [[depression]] when they are lonely.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6136603/Lonely-religious-people-depressed-God-friend.html Lonely religious people are less depressed than atheists because they see God as a friend replacement, study finds], ''Daily Mail'', 2018</ref>
See also:
*[[Atheism and loneliness]]
*[[Atheism and emotional/intrapersonal intelligence|Atheism and emotional intelligence]]
*[[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]
== Atheist infighting making the atheist community unappealing to many ==
== Atheist infighting making the atheist community unappealing to many ==