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Medicine's Jane Timmons-Mitchell says political divisions since 2016 have made family visits rarer

MEDIA | September 25, 2025
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Political climate causing rifts in families

Spectrum News: Jane Timmons-Mitchell, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, said political divisions since Trump’s 2016 election strained once-close family ties, limiting visits to only once or twice a year. She described it as “pretty hard these last couple years” but hopes reconciliation is possible, echoing psychologists’ advice that rifts don’t have to be permanent.

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