Changes in Mental Health Following the 2016 Presidential Election.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2016 presidential election and the controversial policy agenda of its victor have raised concerns about how the election may have impacted mental health.

Objective

Assess how mental health changed from before to after the November 2016 election and how trends differed in states that voted for Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton.

Design

Pre- versus post-election study using monthly cross-sectional survey data.

Participants

A total of 499,201 adults surveyed in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from May 2016 to May 2017.

Exposure

Residence in a state that voted for Trump versus state that voted for Clinton and the candidate's margin of victory in the state.

Main measures

Self-reported days of poor mental health in the las

SUBMITTER: Yan BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7602772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature