Does religious faith prevent suicide? [Spirituality & Religion]

First off, I am NOT SUICIDAL!!

I only ask this because I just saw an old video (like 2002) of a "SSRI-induced-suicide" lawyer named Andy Vickery show a diagram to an audience, titled "suicide prevention", which he said showed that a religious faith is a major preventative measure against suicidal thoughts.

Andy Vickery is a lawyer for SSRI & psych-drug-induced suicides.

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Bushranger · 70-79, M

As with many things, it is complicated. Some studies, such as https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990512/ show a link between religious observance and suicide, although it needs to be pointed out that the participants were all suffering from depression which can lead to self-isolation. However, others such as https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170628102328.htm appear to suggest that the effect can also be regional. As I said, complicated.

Social support is seen as important in moderating suicidal attempts, eg, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X14006946, so there is no reason to think that membership of any social group, including religious groups, wouldn't assist in reducing suicide ideation or attempts.