Don Allen asks: "If you are suggesting that it is only a spurious relationship then what would you propose as a logical "third variable" to account for
the apparent connection?" Since this study is totally uncontrolled, how about anything that has varied in the same or opposite direction as the suicide trend in those years? How has the stock market or other economic indicators done? Have no other societal indicators improved over those years or is society just totally going down the toilet? I do believe medication has helped but this is the worst possible evidence for its effect. If that's the best we've got, I will be very disappointed. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/hss/faculty/rfroman.asp "Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart." - Ulysses Everett McGill --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
