Prevalence of Mental Health Diagnoses in Liberal Voters

[WestCanMan]

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer-from-mental-illness/

• Survey data from a 2020 Pew poll indicates that white liberals disproportionately suffer from mental illness versus their conservative counterparts.

  The study, which examined white liberals, moderates, and conservatives, both male and female, found that conservatives were far less likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues than those who identified as either liberal or even “very liberal.”

  Young white women suffered the worst.

  White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives.

Doesn't it just make sense now, why posters like @eyeball, @ExFlyer, @robosmith, @Rebound, @Hodad, @CrakHoBarbie etc are so easily manipulated by MSM disinformation? And why they're so resistant to facts? 

They're just not healthy upstairs. If we're being honest, we know it, just no one came out and said it. 

[DUI_Offender]

Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair.

By David J. Craig |
Spring/Summer 2023
    

American adults who identify as politically liberal have long reported lower levels of happiness and psychological well-being than conservatives, a trend that mental-health experts suspect is at least partly explained by liberals’ tendency to spend more time worrying about stress-inducing topics like racial injustice, income inequality, gun violence, and climate change.

Now a team of Columbia epidemiologists has found evidence that the same pattern holds for American teenagers. The researchers analyzed surveys collected from more than eighty-six thousand twelfth graders over a thirteen-year period and discovered that while rates of depression have been rising among students of all political persuasions and demographics, they have been increasing most sharply among progressive students — and especially among liberal girls from low-income families.

The authors, who include Columbia professors Katherine M. Keyes ’10PH, Seth J. Prins ’16PH, and Lisa M. Bates, along with graduate student and lead author Catherine Gimbrone, speculate that left-leaning teens may have been deeply affected by Donald Trump’s election as president, the US Supreme Court’s subsequent lurch to the right, rising socioeconomic inequality, and worsening political polarization. “Liberal adolescents may have therefore experienced alienation within a growing conservative political climate such that their mental health suffered in comparison to that of their conservative peers whose hegemonic views were flourishing,” they write.

 

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/why-depression-rates-are-higher-among-liberals

 

 

Edited September 7 by DUI_Offender

[West]

30 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer-from-mental-illness/

• Survey data from a 2020 Pew poll indicates that white liberals disproportionately suffer from mental illness versus their conservative counterparts.

  The study, which examined white liberals, moderates, and conservatives, both male and female, found that conservatives were far less likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues than those who identified as either liberal or even “very liberal.”

  Young white women suffered the worst.

  White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives.

Doesn't it just make sense now, why posters like @eyeball, @ExFlyer, @robosmith, @Rebound, @Hodad, @CrakHoBarbie etc are so easily manipulated by MSM disinformation? And why they're so resistant to facts? 

They're just not healthy upstairs. If we're being honest, we know it, just no one came out and said it. 

It's because the Marxism taught in school is meant to make people angry and into woke social justice warriors which makes people depressed

[CdnFox]

29 minutes ago, West said:

It's because the Marxism taught in school is meant to make people angry and into woke social justice warriors which makes people depressed

Is it though?

We did this thread of ways back and the pew research isn't the only research out there that points to exactly the same thing

But the question that never did get answered was is being a lefty what makes them sick? Or is being sick what makes them a lefty? Your premise assumes that they were mentally healthy to begin with and liberal ideology and socialism cause them to become depressed. That is possible entirely. The Far left ideology requires that people be angry all the time on behalf of someone else. But I find it equally compelling that they're just angry people and this is an effective outlet

[Hodad]

1 hour ago, WestCanMan said:

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer-from-mental-illness/

• Survey data from a 2020 Pew poll indicates that white liberals disproportionately suffer from mental illness versus their conservative counterparts.

  The study, which examined white liberals, moderates, and conservatives, both male and female, found that conservatives were far less likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues than those who identified as either liberal or even “very liberal.”

  Young white women suffered the worst.

  White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives.

Doesn't it just make sense now, why posters like @eyeball, @ExFlyer, @robosmith, @Rebound, @Hodad, @CrakHoBarbie etc are so easily manipulated by MSM disinformation? And why they're so resistant to facts? 

They're just not healthy upstairs. If we're being honest, we know it, just no one came out and said it. 

It's a matter of having the education to seek care when needed and the means to do so. 

Delusional conservatives just sit there alone, watching their TVs with reception from the future, dreaming about conspiracies, and spouting hate on the internet. 

[CdnFox]

1 minute ago, Hodad said:

It's a matter of having the education to seek care when needed and the means to do so. 

 

Nonsense. You're a democrat and you've never gone for mental health treatment so obviously you're not educated enough to know when to seek care   

[West]

17 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Is it though?

We did this thread of ways back and the pew research isn't the only research out there that points to exactly the same thing

But the question that never did get answered was is being a lefty what makes them sick? Or is being sick what makes them a lefty? Your premise assumes that they were mentally healthy to begin with and liberal ideology and socialism cause them to become depressed. That is possible entirely. The Far left ideology requires that people be angry all the time on behalf of someone else. But I find it equally compelling that they're just angry people and this is an effective outlet

This is true 

It could also be weaponizing psychology to rile up an already depressed group. Never thought of that 

[robosmith]

Hilarious to see a bunch of Dunning Kruger acolytes pretend to have a serious discussion about mental illness of a group with which they have nothing in common, as if they understand the issues involved.

"Has a doctor ever told you...." highly depends on the prevalence of having SEEN a doctor and/or the sensitivity to understand deep emotional issues.

Like Trump has just said about school shootings, the conservative solution is too often to "just get over it." AKA tough it out and do NOTHING to mitigate a horrible situation. 🤮

Edited September 7 by robosmith

[Rebound]

2 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer-from-mental-illness/

• Survey data from a 2020 Pew poll indicates that white liberals disproportionately suffer from mental illness versus their conservative counterparts.

  The study, which examined white liberals, moderates, and conservatives, both male and female, found that conservatives were far less likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues than those who identified as either liberal or even “very liberal.”

  Young white women suffered the worst.

  White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives.

Doesn't it just make sense now, why posters like @eyeball, @ExFlyer, @robosmith, @Rebound, @Hodad, @CrakHoBarbie etc are so easily manipulated by MSM disinformation? And why they're so resistant to facts? 

They're just not healthy upstairs. If we're being honest, we know it, just no one came out and said it. 

The question: “Has a doctor or other health provider ever told you that you have a mental health condition?”

A likely explanation is that liberals are more likely to use the services of health care professionals, while conservatives just bury their feelings.  

Edited September 7 by Rebound

[robosmith]

1 minute ago, Rebound said:

The question: “Has a doctor or other health provider ever told you that you have a mental health condition?”

My conclusion is that liberals are more likely to use the services of health care professionals, that’s all. 

Esp those related to psychological fitness, which is largely not considered to be "manly."

Men are much more willing to seek help for physical ailments, though many are very resistant and need to be cajoled by their wives.

[Legato]

From the replies by our resident leftie progs, case proven beyond all doubt.

[gatomontes99]

Only 56%?

[ExFlyer]

10 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

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Doesn't it just make sense now, why posters like @eyeball, @ExFlyer, @robosmith, @Rebound, @Hodad, @CrakHoBarbie etc are so easily manipulated by MSM disinformation? And why they're so resistant to facts? 

...

It makes sense that people like westconman select obscure items and twist them to their benefit.

Using a study of purely American politics and trying to extrapolate them to Canadian politics is clearly westconmans failing LOL. Is he saying Canadian conservatives are the same as the hillbilly American ones that follow Trump?? LOL Unless of course he is implying Canadian and American politics are exactly the same ? LOL

That is why we have such 1diocy in the world today.....perspective is lacking.

Edited September 7 by ExFlyer

[Matthew]

1. Ignorance is bliss.

2. Women in general are more likely to expreience depression, and more women are liberal. Same is true for black Americans.

3. Conservatives with mental health problems are less likely to report it or to seek treatment.

4. The way societies define and portray happiness is often through a material lifestyle more accessible to the upper middle class.

5. Researchers in the mid-1800s found that as industrialization spread to new cities, the suicide rate increased. They hypothesized that it had to do with weakening of traditional social bonds. This traditionalism vs modernity divide is likely what is really being measured in these conservative vs liberal depression comparisons.

[CdnFox]

7 hours ago, robosmith said:

Hilarious to see a bunch of Dunning Kruger acolytes pretend to have a serious discussion about mental illness of a group with which they have nothing in common, as if they understand the issues involved.

"Has a doctor ever told you...." highly depends on the prevalence of having SEEN a doctor and/or the sensitivity to understand deep emotional issues.

Like Trump has just said about school shootings, the conservative solution is too often to "just get over it." AKA tough it out and do NOTHING to mitigate a horrible situation. 🤮

ThIs OPiNiOn  is USELESS withOUT FACTS!!!!!!

[CdnFox]

8 hours ago, West said:

This is true 

It could also be weaponizing psychology to rile up an already depressed group. Never thought of that 

The left is famous for attempting to take groups that are already vunerable and exploiting that for their political gain.  

There's an old saying -  People can be happy on their own but anger requires validation.  In other words happy people ae just happy but really angry people need to find other people who will listen to them and agree that they're 100 percent right and justified being angry. 

And every snake oil peddler and con person knows that the two best ways to motivate people to take action is fear and anger.  Get people afraid of something and they'll throw rational thought out the window and you can exploit them (covid). Get people angry about something and they'll rage demanding 'justice be done' which is why we see them use hateful and emotional language for trump, or guns, or letting parents know what's happening with their kids, etc etc. Opposing views aren't just different, they're EVIL!! BURN THEM !!! BUUUUUUURN THE WITCHES!!!   

The left wing political parties seem to be set up to exploit that.  They are all about fear and anger. The climate change argument has been about fear and anger. Theres' an (undefined) emergency!!!! - and people who don't agree with our solution are terrible and must be attacked. 

Conservatives tend to focus on people who are more or less content with their situation and would like to be able to follow that unhindered. They don't want the gov't to solve problems they want the gov't to leave them alone and they'll solve their own. They don't want the gov'ts money, they want the gov't to not take their money.  They don't want to tell OTHERS what to do or think they just want the freedom to do and think for themselves. 

In other words - they're content and confident in their own ability to make their way in life and as long as nobody threatens them they just want to get along. 

[Nationalist]

Clinical proof of the inherent weakness of Libbies.

[CdnFox]

27 minutes ago, Matthew said:

1. Ignorance is bliss.

2. Women in general are more likely to expreience depression, and more women are liberal. Same is true for black Americans.

Wow.  So you're claim is that women are INHERENTLY BY THEIR NATURE more likely to be mentally ill? That's pretty misogynistic isn't it?

And it doesn't explain the rest of the data - liberal or democrat men are also more likely to have been diagnosed with mental health issues. 

AND it's true for all age ranges. While it's the worst in younger females it's true for all age groups and both sexes, those on the left of the political spectrum have substantially more diagnosed mental health issues. 

The issue can't be written off as just some sort of  "B*tches be crazy" thing as you're suggesting.' or even  that young people are emotional . 

[CrakHoBarbie]

7 hours ago, robosmith said:

Hilarious to see a bunch of Dunning Kruger acolytes pretend to have a serious discussion about mental illness of a group with which they have nothing in common, as if they understand the issues involved.

"Has a doctor ever told you...." highly depends on the prevalence of having SEEN a doctor and/or the sensitivity to understand deep emotional issues.

Like Trump has just said about school shootings, the conservative solution is too often to "just get over it." AKA tough it out and do NOTHING to mitigate a horrible situation. 🤮

Well said my friend.

 

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, gatomontes99 said:

Only 56%?

...have been DIAGNOSED.  

The 44% remain untreated  

Just now, CrakHoBarbie said:

Well said my friend.

 

LOL i love that you think that was well said   

[gatomontes99]

19 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

...have been DIAGNOSED.  

The 44% remain untreated

Ah! That makes more sense.

[robosmith]

2 hours ago, Legato said:

From the replies by our resident leftie progs, case proven beyond all doubt.

From ^this you are still a TROLL.

[WestCanMan]

11 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair.

By David J. Craig |
Spring/Summer 2023
    

American adults who identify as politically liberal have long reported lower levels of happiness and psychological well-being than conservatives, a trend that mental-health experts suspect is at least partly explained by liberals’ tendency to spend more time worrying about stress-inducing topics like racial injustice, income inequality, gun violence, and climate change.

Now a team of Columbia epidemiologists has found evidence that the same pattern holds for American teenagers. The researchers analyzed surveys collected from more than eighty-six thousand twelfth graders over a thirteen-year period and discovered that while rates of depression have been rising among students of all political persuasions and demographics, they have been increasing most sharply among progressive students — and especially among liberal girls from low-income families.

The authors, who include Columbia professors Katherine M. Keyes ’10PH, Seth J. Prins ’16PH, and Lisa M. Bates, along with graduate student and lead author Catherine Gimbrone, speculate that left-leaning teens may have been deeply affected by Donald Trump’s election as president, the US Supreme Court’s subsequent lurch to the right, rising socioeconomic inequality, and worsening political polarization. “Liberal adolescents may have therefore experienced alienation within a growing conservative political climate such that their mental health suffered in comparison to that of their conservative peers whose hegemonic views were flourishing,” they write.

 

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/why-depression-rates-are-higher-among-liberals

1) According to your own source it is a fact that leftists suffer from mental health conditions

2) The excuse that's being floated by your own sources for their mental breakdowns is their own misguided beliefs in CNN's false narratives like the gentle giant hoaxes, their fixation on the 0.1% of murders in the US that come from AR-15s, and global warmingcooling propaganda from leading experts like Greta Thunberg.  

 

Nothing bad happened when Trump was elected, dummy.

1. Black men made more money than ever.
2. Black men had more take-home pay than ever.
3. The border was secured.
4. Trump brought peace to the ME.
5. Europe was at peace.
6. The racial riots that Obama and CNN had caused stopped from 2017-2020. 
7. Inflation was below 3% for every single second of Trump's presidency

You can't say any of those things anymore. Black men are struggling again, as is everyone else. The border is a dumpster fire. The ME is at war. Europe is at war. Racism and division is worse than ever. Inflation brought tens of millions of Americans to the brink of financial disaster.

You're gonna come back with "Twumpie makes muh feelz bad" but the truth is that Trump doesn't do that at all.... false CNN narratives about Trump and America make you feel bad. Man up you f'ing whiner. Stop listening to CNN drivel ffs. How old are you, honestly? Are you 21, and already with a DUI under your belt?

Edited September 7 by WestCanMan

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, Nationalist said:

Clinical proof of the inherent weakness of Libbies.

^Clinical proof of detachment from reality.

Obviously from a defender of the Trumpian "just get over it" syndrome. AKA head in the sand.

[robosmith]

6 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

Ah! That makes more sense.

Makes ZERO sense to conflate "diagnosed" with treatment. AKA, just speculation.

Edited September 7 by robosmith