2008 election
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Barack Obama's 2008 Election Boosted Black Men's Mental Health, Study Finds
When thinking about how politics and news events impact our mental health, we frequently focus on negative impacts: coverage about police shootings, disasters, and violent terrorist attacks have been shown to spike public anxiousness, cause depression and even reactivate past trauma. But sociologist Tony Brown was curious about how positive events might impact public health.…
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