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Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your fears and break out of tribal thinking

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your fears and break out of tribal thinkingResist demonizing the 'other' side.Moor Studio/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Instead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends – regardless of political affiliation – report they’re terrified at the thought of the “other side” winning. Democrats tell me they fear Donald Trump...

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