Apart from my views on suicide as being "ethical, amoral" or what not, even from the cited summary I see problems in the statistical reasoning:
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Unaffiliated subjects were younger, less often<sup> </sup>married, less often had children, and had less contact with<sup> </sup>family members
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There are at least 2 distinct groups being observed.
The religiously unaffiliated group was younger, more likely to be unmarried, no children, less family ties.
The reasons for which are unclear, what I see here is a fault in the statistical grouping. You are looking at at least 2 groups (young/old) maybe even more (married/unmarried), etc..
Looking at this, I cpuld just as well conclude that having kids is a good cure for suicidal depression.
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