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I'm not sure how much more liberals visit psychologists though, do you have data on that? I will say psychologists are overwhelmingly liberal, something like 14 liberal psychologists for every conservative one. As I said above though, even adjusting for that liberals still have higher rates of...

It is true that consulting a pastor or bible study group can improve mental health but I don't think that's really a catch all. Correcting for confounding factors actually makes Liberals suffer at a worse rate. And it's not just medical diagnosis, Liberals self-report symptoms of mental...

One interesting thing to me is that as Jon Haidt continued to develop his research, it didn't appear so much to be intentional on the part of elites as a natural consequence of Tumblr culture and their tendencies. I'm not sure if that's really true as he's assuming there wasn't some backdoor...

This fairly long essay rambles a bit on details but I found it fairly insightful. Summing up the basics: There are a set of specific thought processes called "cognitive distortions," which will cause depression if the patient isn't taught to rigorously avoid thinking that way. Some of these...