People in Blue States seek psychiatric help 50% more often than in Red States.
People who live in liberal states search for psychologists on Google 50% more, per capita, than people from conservative states. Vermont has the most searchers for mental health help, at 74% greater than the national average, which makes sense, since it is a far-left state with a socialist Senator, Bernie Sanders, who likes to talk about the joys of rape. People in liberal Massachusetts and far-left New York search 55% and 56% more often for therapists as well (California, which you would expect to be worst of all, is "only" 41% above average). By contrast, in Idaho, (adjusted for population size), people search 51% less often for therapists, 34% less often in Wyoming, and 29% less in Oklahoma. There is also an astonishing 76% more therapists per capita in Blue States.If you read the Times article about this they will be quick to say that every one needs therapy in equal amounts and it's just that the people in Red states aren't getting as much. I have a different interpretation. People in Blue states are more likely to be liberals, and liberals are more likely to be mentally ill. Liberals suffer from:1) Phobias, such as fears that they are destroying the Earth (when in reality, they are only destroying America)2) Guilt, for being white or male or having a job or earning money3) Unhappiness with their bodies or sexuality, due to schizophrenia or gender identity disorder4) Greed and envy, towards other people's property5) Anger towards people of different genders or racesRead more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/06/people_in_blue_states_seek_psychiatric_help_50_more_often_than_in_red_states.html#ixzz3cOaDGn4Q Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook
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It's not working.
No one is finding fault with people seeking psychiatric help who need it.
It's not funny either. In fact, it's pretty disgusting.
Really BF? This is down right insulting, and no I am not projecting.
Prove that and use some reliable source.
But wait, you seem to glance over our ex-speaker of the house Dennis Hastert, a republican from the purple state of Ill. likes to get it on with little boys. Where does he fall in?
What's not working? The removal of shame for seeking psychiatric help, or the affordability of the help? I'd say "it" surely isn't working in the red states, who feel it is shameful to seek help for psychiatric problems, and can't afford it, even if they would try.
This says NOTHING about the rates of psychiatric illnesses, which remains fairly steady, in any state. Those who are crowing with glee may enjoy this website, the National Institute of National Mental Health , which lists prevalence of mental illnesses.
Do I need to call in another mod here?
Personal insults are not necessary.
As a fellow member, please allow me to call your attention to our CoC:
You are skirting a very fine line here.
"People in Red States seek psychiatric help 50% more often than in Blue States".
Does that make you feel better?
What state do you live in JW?
Snip snip snip.........
And when you and your friends seed stuff attacking conservatives and red states are those gutless attacks from those needing help or are your attacks different?
You have to understand Jefferson there are two rule books. One for the Liberals and one for everyone else. It's not alright to criticize the Liberals even if it is satire or not, but it's fair game to criticize anyone else.
These people get off on Jon Stewart criticizing Republicans, conservatives or anyone other than Liberals. Even when he does criticize Liberals it is funny to them, because they know who he is and know he is joking, but making points with them when it is the other way around.
And they think he is so brilliant. He is a very talented fellow and is funny. I don't watch him very much, but he is funny and does an excellent job. You may even be able to get a job on his show as a writer.
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Just another one of those !% that gets a pass.
Mental Illness, depression is a terrible thing for anyone to suffer. I think we all can agree with that, but if the article had been "People in Red States seek psychiatric help 50% more often than in Blue States" there would have been no one complaining at all and they know it or maybe they don't, who cares? We know it and that's all that matters. I've seen it regularly since I've been a member here. The only time the front page is a problem is when the Liberals are the object in a bad light. When Conservatives are attacked, there is never a problem.
We could go on with this forever. What about the Duggar? Every MSM station is all over it, but do you remember Lena Duham? Not much news on that situation from the MSM stations.
What about Bill Clinton's good friend who just got out of jail for soliciting sex from underage girls? Didn't hear much about that, did you? And Clinton has such a clean record too. No one has ever accused him of any sexual misbehavior.
Sex slave claims Bill Clinton visited Epsteins orgyisland
I'd say many of these girls probably needed mental health treatment.
You're right so why bring it up in the first place?
Seems to me that there are a plenty of guys who seem to have some mental health issues and oddly enough, that is what this article is about. And the idea that only people in blue states have mental health issues is kind of nuts in itself.
Six,
It is only offensive because it can't be proved. It is an opinion piece that is mean spirited. And I take offense that the site is biased. I have seen many an attack from both sides and both sides can get very nasty.
Take your own advice or start drinking heavily.
No. I am just offended that mental illness is being made a mockery of here. Frankly, I don't care if they come from blue or red states. The fact that someone is using it for a political agenda is really gross.
But I still recommend heavy drinking just for you.
No, it's just another bombastic seed from you. You seed these articles with inflammatory titles then act dismayed when you see the shit fly. What are you thinking ?
There's a pattern of behavior here. Everyone knows it.
Interesting that serious poo flies only when a bombastic as you put it seed comes from the right toward the left yet when the reverse is true and happens often, they generate barely a ripple from us here on the right. some it seems can dish it out and cant stand for any return fire. why is it that way?
(snort) you're joking right ? Even the righties would laugh at that assertion.
You said it better than I did six. Thanks.Here's the articles link. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/talking-red-state-...
These nut case articles seem to be an obsession with this seeder. That's what I meant.
Besides the fact that this is an opinion piece, from the NYT... here are some excerpts as to why the difference:
Is stigma against therapy higher in red states? There are a lot of facts that are consistent with this hypothesis. According to Google AdWords, men in red states make up a smaller portion of visits to therapy sites like allaboutcounseling.com . Or consider this measure of stigma: What percentage of people in therapy tweet about it? If you broadcast it on social media, you probably dont feel much stigma.
I downloaded a week of tweets that contained the words my and therapist. I found about 600 for which I could clearly determine a tweeters home state and that he or she was referring to a psychotherapist rather than a physical therapist.
I estimate that, per capita, Americans in blue states are about 100 percent more likely to tweet about their therapist.
There is one more point of evidence that red state residents choose to avoid talking about their problems: Alcoholics Anonymous. This program is freely available to anyone in the United States, so income and health insurance availability do not play a role. The evidence is that people in red states and blue states are roughly equal in their propensity to become addicted to alcohol.
There is no official data on A.A. membership by state. But according to Google search data, A.A. is significantly more popular in blue states than in red states. In fact, 14 of the 15 states where A.A. is most popular supported President Obama in 2012 (Arizona is the exception). This is even more remarkable since God and prayer play big roles in A.A.
And this very interesting chart on mental illness:
Differences in Depression Extremes
Now I am not saying this with any sense of happiness. IN FACT: I find that mental illness is often the joke of medical diagnosis and those who suffer from it, are not treated with the reaction as a person with another ailment might get, yet, it plagues people of all kinds from all over. It knows no economic boundaries, or political divide.
So when I see it being attributed to a political party as if it was an imaginary condition or weakness, I am appalled.
Well, I never!!!
I fail to see how any of my articles I've seeded and published today can be considered an attack on the right.
Let's see, a two-faced calf, (a true story), an article about Bingo, and 10 best pictures that never won a Best Picture award. I mean, how on earth do those articles criticize the right wing? I can assure you that they weren't intended to do so!
No. I am just offended that mental illness is being made a mockery of here. Frankly, I don't care if they come from blue or red states. The fact that someone is using it for a political agenda is really gross.
I agree. Using mental illness as a political prop is sicking and makes the people using it real low life's who will sink deep into the muck to try to justify their bigotry.
What are you thinking ?
He doesn't.
Dowser, I don't believe I've ever seen any of your articles directed at anyone, anytime, ever. You don't like those articles and really don't need them in your life from either side, but they are going to be put up anyway when it's dealing with politics and that's just a fact of life, here and everywhere else.
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As a person who actually has a mental illness, is heavily medicated, sees a Psychiatrist and a Psychologist on a regular basis. I can say that this article is ONLY meant as an attempt to embarrass people with mental illness and to intimate that they are mostly among liberals and is an open attack on all of us struggling with this disease. You use our disease as a sick weapon against people you don't agree with. Mental illness is one of the few diseases left that society seems to think it's OK to joke about and to use to attack one group or another. Some assholes take advantage of that supposed societal permission. I would give much not to have to carry this weight and you'll never understand what it feels like. The helplessness, the fits of uncontrollable rage, the depression that is so bad it curls you up into a ball, wracked with anxiety and terror, the constant changes of medication to try to keep up with the changes that you go through constantly. To you it's all just a political joke and don't lie and say otherwise
Mental illness has no political biases. It affects conservatives as much as liberals or those who don't care about politics, because it is a disease that doesn't care it you're Republican or Democrat or an Independent or are not political at all. To try to say that there is somehow 50% more liberals with this terrible affliction then conservatives and for to you to attempt to use it as a political prop (and if you say you're not doing so, you are a filthy liar) hurts all of us who are trying to bring this illness into the light the and to take the undeserved stigma away from it. Articles like this is hurt the effort more then any kind of jokes ever told. It pretends to be serious when it is nothing more the a political shot using people with mental illness as the weapon. If I thought you had any shame and I don't think you do and I don't think you have a human conscious. I would tell you that you should be ashamed of yourself, but I know you won't because you just don't have a soul in you to feel bad.
People used to make fun of people with many diseases such as diabetes and epilepsy both because of the seizures. People didn't understand the symptoms, so they joked about the diseases. Many people don't understand the things that the mentally ill say or do because of our illness. Our symptoms are strange to them, so they think they have a right to joke about it or to insult another political party with it. This "article" is one of the most disgusting and bigoted pieces of shit and lies ever written. You should be ashamed to have posted it here. Posting it makes you what it is.
BTW, posting this in Mental Health and Wellness is a joke. You meant it as a political posting and you didn't have the balls to put it in News and Politics where your intentions make it belong.
Well I can agree with that. In fact I get depressed quite often, especially for the last 6 years.
Just kidding. Sorry to all you people out there who are suffering from depression and other mental ailments.
I have to say I know and you know mental issues are definitely not aligned along party lines, but the fact still remains the same, no one gets upset about any articles that are directed against the people who disagree with the Liberals. It's only when the article is directed against Liberals when everyone goes crying to mama, mental issue or not.
It someone directed a bad article about mental illness and tried to say it was mostly a conservative disease I would tear them a new asshole. Word. Mental illness, beyond more funding for treatment and research, has no business in politics.
I estimate that, per capita, Americans in blue states are about 100 percent more likely to tweet about their therapist.
I don't know how to tweet, so I post about my illness here.
So when I see it being attributed to a political party as if it was an imaginary condition or weakness, I am appalled.
100% correct. When I was in a couple of mental hospitals politics were not discussed. What was was how we got there and what we needed to do become functional in society again.
In a few hours I'm going into see my Psychiatrist about the horrible lack of professionalism of the staff. I know he just has a contract with them, but it his name on my official notes and prescription bottles and that makes him my doctor 24/7. This past Friday I ran out of anti-depressants and didn't have any refills left on it and was pretty much told I was "out of luck" by the clinic until I see my Doc again, which was scheduled for July 6th. So that would have been a month without it. I screamed into the phone that she was pissing me off and she said I could see my doctor as the first patient Monday morning.
I then called my doctor at his private office and he said he could not even talk to me because of his contract. I told him I would see him first thing Monday morning and screamed for him to be prepared for me to be pissed off at him.
Then I called Medicare an they started an investigation into why my prescriptions were always so screwed up. They went through the compliance officer at corporate headquarters. I also opened an investigation from my insurance company and they're going to be looking into it too. After Medicare called their home office my prescription was renewed.
Now I just have to stay calm and deal with a front office staff who seem to think they are working at a Taco Bell, instead of a doctors office. Then I have to stay calm with my shrink, which will be difficult but nothing will be accomplished if I blow up at him.
Randy, you make a good point.
My point wasn't about mental illness. This uproar only surfaces when articles attack Liberals. I can show you many articles attacking those who disagree with the Liberals who bring on this kind of outrage and not a one of them will be about mental illness, yet you can't show many, if any, attacking those who disagree with Liberals causing such outrage.
Liberals even attack their own if they step out of line.
What about ending my night with something......let's see....
Kirsten Powers and Juan Williams are great examples of the left attacking their own for slight deviations from their orthodoxy.
I thought this was posted under Mental Illness and Well Being and not under News and Politics. Make up you mind. Is this about mental health or is this (as it really always was) a cheap shot political piece of shit? Make a choice! How about you give the truth a shot once in awhile, because you lie terribly.