- - Major political events, such as the 2016 presidential election and inauguration, were linked with declines in the moods of young U.S. doctors in training, a new study suggests.
In general, Frank said,"political events are having a more profound impact on people in comparison to non-political events. Maybe it's the pervasiveness of social media making it impossible to ignore them, or an increasing polarization that's leading to an emotional roller-coaster." Frank and her colleagues then identified the eight political events and eight non-political events in the U.S. that had the greatest impacts since the 2016 presidential election, based on a History Channel summary of notable 2017 and 2018 events. For each event, the researchers queried Google Trends to determine the date of peak public interest in the U.S.