Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University The phrase “alternative facts” has recently made the news in a political context, but psychiatrists like me are already intimately acquainted with the concept – indeed, we hear various forms of alternate reality expressed almost every day. All of us need to parse perceived from […] Read more »
Daily Worry Up Sharply Since Presidential Election
Americans’ emotional health has suffered since the 2016 election. The average percentage experiencing worry on any given day has increased 4.1 percentage points to 33.3% since early November. Higher levels of worry were first evident after Donald Trump’s election in November, but they continued to rise in January and grew […] Read more »
One-third of long-term users say they’re hooked on prescription opioids
One-third of Americans who have taken prescription opioids for at least two months say they became addicted to, or physically dependent on, the powerful painkillers, according to a new Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Virtually all long-term users surveyed said that they were introduced to the drugs by a doctor’s […] Read more »
Survey of Long-Term Prescription Painkiller Users and Their Household Members
As the nation struggles to address the ongoing prescription painkiller and heroin abuse and overdose epidemic, The Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Long-Term Prescription Painkiller Users and Their Household Members takes a closer look at those who are long-term users of prescription painkillers to better understand from […] Read more »
Trump Voters Are Feeling It
Donald Trump’s supporters from the white working and middle class are, for the moment, elated. In a survey conducted by Pew after the election, 96 percent of those who cast votes for Trump said they were hopeful; 74 percent said they were “proud.” They were almost unanimous in their expectation […] Read more »
Record One in Five in Bad Mood on Day After Election
Election Day 2016 and the day after were two of the most stressful days on record since Gallup and Healthways began tracking Americans’ mood in January 2008. CONT. Alyssa Davis, Gallup Read more »