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Maybe that purple hair is a med side effect (?) | 25% OF LIBERALS ARE ON MENTAL ILLNESS MEDS; THAT'S SCARY! THAT MEANS THAT 75% OF THEM ARE UNTREATED! | image tagged in politics,american politics,liberal lunacy,dnc,maga,liberals | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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1 up, 6d,
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1 up, 5d
Awesome!
2 ups, 2w,
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What percent of right-wingers make up statistics?
2 ups, 1w,
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Don't Know? Is that a real question?
https://youtu.be/OQlByoPdG6c?si=FGEuU4zU72zM3Bws
0 ups, 1w,
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It's a real, but not meaningful question. The statistic in this meme has the hallmarks of a made up statistic (such a neat benchmark! no citation!). I'd love to see the data on statistics people quote by political orientation, their sources, how they circulate, et cetera.
1 up, 1w,
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Idk, but I read somewhere that 80% of women sought mental health care last year. Most lefties are women... so
0 ups, 1w,
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Please give a citation for both of those assertions. Also, if more women are seeking help for mental health issues, that is a W: why aren't men seeking help for their mental health issues?
1 up, 1w,
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a 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey noted that 50% of women aged 18–64 reported needing mental health services in the past two years, but only 60% of those who felt they needed care sought it
2024 Women’s Mental Health Research Report by the Liptember Foundation in Australia, conducted by Nielsen. This report found that 80% of Australian women believe "there’s more employers can do" to support women’s mental health in the workplace
A study in the Journal of Community Psychology (2020) found that ~80% of Black/African American women experiencing homelessness reported trauma or stress-related symptoms
Approximately 51% of registered women voters identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, according to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey.
0 ups, 1w
Ooh, thanks for the citations.
1 up, 1w,
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https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/mental_health_20_are_currently_on_medication
0 ups, 1w,
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Thanks for the citation! It does go into more detail, but whoever wrote the headline didn't read the actual text. It shouts "20% are on medication", but then goes on: "Twenty percent (20%) say that, in the past year, they have sought counseling or mental health treatment from a therapist. Among those who’ve gotten counseling or treatment in the past year, 68% are currently taking one or more prescription drugs for a mental health problem."
(IMHO, seems high, because only psychiatrists can prescribe drugs and many people only see therapists)
0 ups, 6d,
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Yeah, it's a tiny subsection. If you count women that report anxiety and depression it's ridiculously high.
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If we can take those statistics together (it sort of looks like the article put together statistics from different studies without comparing their methodologies or the questions asked), it suggests that 14% of the population is currently taking drugs for a mental health problem.

A lot of women do report anxiety and depression. Well, after Men's Mental Health month, I guess the rest of the year is for us?
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Gallup, "U.S. Depression Rates Reach New Highs" (2023). 36.7% of U.S. women reported a lifetime diagnosis of depression. 26.1% of women reported currently experiencing significant depressive symptoms (e.g., feeling sad, hopeless, or disengaged) without specifying a diagnosis. That's 62.8% of women with just depression alone.

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health Tracking Poll (2020). 47% of U.S. women reported feeling anxious or worried at least a few days a week.

YouGov Poll (2021). 34% of U.S. women reported feeling anxious “often” or “sometimes” in the past month, based on self-reported emotional states
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0 ups, 1w,
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mentally ill right wingers are depressed, not insane.
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Mentally ill means mentally ill. What kinds of mental illness do you mean when you say "insane"?
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From what I have seen, psychosis, remember, these are from what I’ve seen, I’m sure there are reasonable liberals and unreasonable right wingers.
1 up, 1w,
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Your point is a little unclear. Psychosis is pretty uncommon, and mental illness comes in a lot of flavors. Here's an interesting brief article. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12043138/ -- It underlines the difficulties of getting at accurate measurements of something big and vague like mental health through self reports.
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