“Mormon women and depression, revisited”

“Mormon women and depression, revisited” April 26, 2017

 

Oregon's first LDS temple
The Portland Oregon Temple  (LDS Media Library)

 

A brief but very interesting report from Jana Riess:

 

Mormon women and depression, revisited

 

Depression is a serious and little-understood issue.  It’s been somewhat irritating to me, therefore, to have seen it used (not infrequently) over the years as club with which to beat the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Not only because such weaponization of an often tragic affliction is unjust, and not only because I’m protective of my church and my faith, but because it very commonly seems so deeply cynical.

 

I echo the hope that “these findings can put to rest some of the glib conclusions people have come to in the past. The reality is nuanced and complex.”

 

 


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