Ooops – I meant SURVEY!

“For all we know, the mental health of both the Democrats and Republicans could be essentially equal; all we really know is that the Republican feel better about theirs.”

That’s all I was trying to say. However, I think it would be more appropriate to say that according to this one study, Republicans feel better about theirs.

It’s a survey, not a study. It can only provide the comparisons and distinctions; it can’t tell us why those distinctions exist. For all we know, the mental health of both the Democrats and Republicans could be essentially equal; all we really know is that the Republican feel better about theirs.

I’m honestly not sure – It is probably just one of those things you see both political parties saying about each other. I doubt one is necessarily SMARTER than the other – although we’d probably have to come to some definition on the word smart

Personally, I think its just humorous to watch the parties espouse things like this. Even this article about mental health doesn’t tell us if Republicans HAVE better mental health, just that they are REPORTING better mental health. And then we’d have to define what constitutes a Republican – I’m a registered Republican, but I’m “technically” a moderate, and I voted Democrat in the last election

I try to keep things like this in perspective.

Was the article a commentary or a study?

That said, it is important to consider whether mental health theories and treatments have generally been accurate and helpful…especially if you are a democrat .