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To: Neeka who wrote (95650)	1/17/2005 7:51:47 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793781

The Incredible Shrinking Dems Blogger Richard Baehr picks up an interesting statistic reported (though not online) by Chicago Magazine: The tens [sic] states (including the District of Columbia ) with the highest ratio of psychologists per 100,000 residents, were, with the exception of Colorado, all blue states which supported John Kerry (D.C, Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania, in rank order from one to ten). The ten states with the lowest ratio of psychologists per 100,000 residents, all were red states supporting Bush (Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Nevada, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana). Louisiana with the lowest ratio is listed first. Baehr notes that the number of psychologists is a function of demand, which suggests that Democrats tend to perceive themselves as having psychological problems. He adds: "The well publicized story of angry and unhappy Kerry supporters in Florida receiving treatment for the newly named 'post-election distress syndrome' suggests that even in the red states, the patients who need mental health treatment may be disproportionately blue." --OpinionJournal