Are Anxiety Disorders an Occupational Hazard?
Our March 2005 survey had detected a statistically significant elevation in anxiety and depression in Liberals. Liberals were 47% more likely than Conservatives to report chronic anxiety, and 39% more likely to report depression. However, we did not effectively trap the variety of anxious and depressive illnesses. Our June 2005 survey would fill in some of the details. In our most recent survey, Liberals in general were 43% more likely to report general anxiety disorder than Conservatives. They were 115% more likely to report panic disorders, 119% more likely to report agoraphobic symptoms, 118% more likely to report OCD symptoms. and 54% more likely to report social anxiety disorder. When broken down further into Very Conservative, Conservative, Liberal and Very Liberal cohorts, the numbers spread further apart. The Very Conservatives have the lowest rates of anxiety disorders, the Very Liberals the highest. General Anxiety Disorder by Political Cohort The above graph shows the elevat
