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Ohio State: Decline in Churchgoing Linked to More Deaths of Despair
December 19, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 19 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news:

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A decline in churchgoing linked to more deaths of despair

Study finds increases in mortality before the opioid epidemic

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A decline in religious participation among middle-aged, less educated white Americans may have played a role in the widely noted increases in "deaths of despair," a new study finds.

Researchers found . . .

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