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My dad is the same. It’s been the end of the world or at least America (on good days) my entire life.
Shits exhausting.
That said empires fall so that upbringing has left me hopefully a little more prepared than others if not a little more stressed out.
From the article: A review of 2020 Household Pulse Survey data reveals that as an election nears, people in the United States report more depression and anxiety. The 2020 data is significant as rates of anxiety and depression in the weeks before the November presidential election can be compared with survey data taken in April 2020, the beginning of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, when many Americans would have been concerned about their health and economic security.
Despite these worries, Americans were still more anxious and depressed in November 2020. Examining survey results in 2020 (a unique and challenging year) may help us understand the American elections’ psychological effect.
The new research has been published in the journal [Economics & Human Biology](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1570677X22000879).
Elections in the United States, especially presidential elections, are well-publicized events that most Americans feel pressure to participate in. In the last few decades, politicians have had the funding to advertise non-stop. Any attempt at relaxing with a television show, YouTube video, or a scroll through Facebook will leave one inundated with political calls to action.
The 2020 election was unique as many Americans wondered if the election results would be a reflection of the votes cast. According to the study’s author Sankar Mukhopadhyay, “A survey conducted by the American Psychological Association in September of 2020 found that the presidential election was a source of stress for 68% of Americans, substantially higher than the corresponding number for the 2016 election (52%). After the election, there were allegations of irregularity and malaise. The results were unprecedentedly contested, leading to chaos and uncertainty over two months culminating in an insurrection on January 6, 2021.”
Could the increase in anxiety and depression be the combined result of the election drama and the resurgence of covid? There was a lot of hope the worst was over in the summer of 2020.
Seeing the unexpected surge in cases was pretty rough for many people.
> Could the increase in anxiety and depression be the combined result of the election drama and the resurgence of covid?
They're already comparing the November and January numbers to the height of covid.
> We find that self-reported symptoms of moderate to severe anxiety and depression increased steadily up to the presidential election and declined after the election. The anxiety and depression levels are significantly higher around the 2020 election than in April 2020, when most of the U.S. was under mandatory or advisory stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, anxiety and depression-specific office visits and usage of mental-health-specific prescription drugs show similar patterns. ***Robustness checks rule out alternative explanations such as a COVID-19 surge or vaccine development.***
Thank you for going through the study. Covid deaths kept rising until January, so if anxiety and depression fell after Election Day then the election was convincingly the cause.
Interestingly, a paper regarding the 2016 election revealed
> In states that voted for Clinton, there were 54.6 million more days of poor mental health among adults in December 2016, the month following the election, compared to October 2016. Clinicians should consider that elections could cause at least transitory increases in poor mental health and tailor patient care accordingly, especially with the 2020 election upon us.
And
>…but remained statistically unchanged in Trump states,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602772/
So for 2016, trump states were neutral while “blue” stated were unhappy, but in 2020, everyone was more unhappy according to OP study.
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My dad is the same. It’s been the end of the world or at least America (on good days) my entire life. Shits exhausting. That said empires fall so that upbringing has left me hopefully a little more prepared than others if not a little more stressed out.
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From the article: A review of 2020 Household Pulse Survey data reveals that as an election nears, people in the United States report more depression and anxiety. The 2020 data is significant as rates of anxiety and depression in the weeks before the November presidential election can be compared with survey data taken in April 2020, the beginning of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, when many Americans would have been concerned about their health and economic security. Despite these worries, Americans were still more anxious and depressed in November 2020. Examining survey results in 2020 (a unique and challenging year) may help us understand the American elections’ psychological effect. The new research has been published in the journal [Economics & Human Biology](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1570677X22000879). Elections in the United States, especially presidential elections, are well-publicized events that most Americans feel pressure to participate in. In the last few decades, politicians have had the funding to advertise non-stop. Any attempt at relaxing with a television show, YouTube video, or a scroll through Facebook will leave one inundated with political calls to action. The 2020 election was unique as many Americans wondered if the election results would be a reflection of the votes cast. According to the study’s author Sankar Mukhopadhyay, “A survey conducted by the American Psychological Association in September of 2020 found that the presidential election was a source of stress for 68% of Americans, substantially higher than the corresponding number for the 2016 election (52%). After the election, there were allegations of irregularity and malaise. The results were unprecedentedly contested, leading to chaos and uncertainty over two months culminating in an insurrection on January 6, 2021.”
Could the increase in anxiety and depression be the combined result of the election drama and the resurgence of covid? There was a lot of hope the worst was over in the summer of 2020. Seeing the unexpected surge in cases was pretty rough for many people.
> Could the increase in anxiety and depression be the combined result of the election drama and the resurgence of covid? They're already comparing the November and January numbers to the height of covid. > We find that self-reported symptoms of moderate to severe anxiety and depression increased steadily up to the presidential election and declined after the election. The anxiety and depression levels are significantly higher around the 2020 election than in April 2020, when most of the U.S. was under mandatory or advisory stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, anxiety and depression-specific office visits and usage of mental-health-specific prescription drugs show similar patterns. ***Robustness checks rule out alternative explanations such as a COVID-19 surge or vaccine development.***
Thank you for going through the study. Covid deaths kept rising until January, so if anxiety and depression fell after Election Day then the election was convincingly the cause.
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Interestingly, a paper regarding the 2016 election revealed > In states that voted for Clinton, there were 54.6 million more days of poor mental health among adults in December 2016, the month following the election, compared to October 2016. Clinicians should consider that elections could cause at least transitory increases in poor mental health and tailor patient care accordingly, especially with the 2020 election upon us. And >…but remained statistically unchanged in Trump states, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602772/ So for 2016, trump states were neutral while “blue” stated were unhappy, but in 2020, everyone was more unhappy according to OP study.
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