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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:21 PM Original message |
Does anyone know of any research being done on mental illness and the republican party? |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Probably about the same as the general population. NT |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Unlikely |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But more likely to be untreated |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. I doubt it. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. The GOP is redefining mental illness |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes we all study it |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. The thought has crossed my mind too... it appears the republican party is |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. The GOP is the lunatic fringe. No amount of conservatism is good |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Listening/seeing what the republicans embrace these days it's certainly hard to |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes clinical trials are under way with Palin's book tour and Bachmann's tea parties |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sociopathological IMHO n/t |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Read "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John Dean. He draws a correlation... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Well, look at what the cat drug in. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That's gotta be one strong cat... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Or a really smart one. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think you are unfair and insensitive to reduce it down to "mental illness" |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. self-delete |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Thank you very much. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. We don't have enough threads stimatizing mental illness here. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. +1 |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. +2 |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. +3 |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Thank you! |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. It wasn't meant as a denegration of mental illness, I was asking a serious question. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Gotcha. You probably didn't mean it that way but |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. +1 |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. The new DSM-V... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here's a study. Research published over the weekend shows that brains of liberals and conservatives |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Those can be seen as differences among humans rather than negative or positive. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. Thank you! |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
55. Thank you. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Psychologists say conservatism is a mental illness.... |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. Thanks! |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. I have a brother with schizophrenia and he is a Democrat. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Agreed |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. I'm sorry you took offense. I was very serious about trying to find info about a |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. For the record people. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. YES |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. They are not mentally ill. They are just as rational as you or I. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I believe there was such a report several years ago. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. Religion |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. from 2003 -- US government report |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Thank you. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oh, more stigmatizing of mental illness. We are all Repuke nuts, eh? |
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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. Ignorance is not a mental illness. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Thank you everyone! You all brightened my day. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. more |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Very interesting. Thanks. n/t |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. There have been studies proving conservatives to be far more fearful |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Conservatives also less creative (Psychology Today Magazine) |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Thank you. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. Don't know about the GOP per se, but a lot on the Really Really Right |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Unrec for *another* fucking thread politicising mental illness. (nt) |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. My post didn't have anything to do with getting recs. n/t |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. No but you should keep your appointments! |
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