Have they ruled out “suicidal men 5x more likely to become divorced”? I’m skeptical that they have because I can’t think of how they would, and the other direction seems quite plausible too.
The paper being referenced was a systematic review and meta-analysis rather than new data. Given the inherent methodological and population differences between original studies , I doubt that much could be said about causality; it’s pretty conclusively an association though. And that’s probably enough basis on which to be vigilant and target support if you’re a therapist. But, yes, I suspect it’s more complicated than A->B. It was in my own case that nearly could have been a subject of this study.
We dug ourselves into the hole of ever increasing progress, recruitment based of how much stress you can handle and we'll be worse for it as a civilisation.
Many people will read happiness values out of suicide stats, not accounting for stubborn bastards like me who just keep plodding forward out of duty.
Sounds a little tone deaf/hollow to me.
I'd encourage people to find ways to look after themself so that they don't feel like they have to keep stubbornly plodding on.