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Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump’s mental health
Yahoo ^ | 07/25/2017 | Sharon Begley

Posted on 07/25/2017 11:23:08 AM PDT by DFG

A leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.

The statement, an email this month from the executive committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association to its 3,500 members, represents the first significant crack in the profession’s decades-old united front aimed at preventing experts from discussing the psychiatric aspects of politicians’ behavior. It will likely make many of its members feel more comfortable speaking openly about President Trump’s mental health.

The impetus for the email was “belief in the value of psychoanalytic knowledge in explaining human behavior,” said psychoanalytic association past president Dr. Prudence Gourguechon, a psychiatrist in Chicago. “We don’t want to prohibit our members from using their knowledge responsibly.”

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KEYWORDS: apa; fakenews; goldwater; psychiatry; sharonbegley
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To: DFG

Barry, I have the head of the APA on the phone and they have agreed to be a part of our Resistance effort.

21 posted on 07/25/2017 11:38:46 AM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: DFG

There seems to be a definite lack of objectivity among psychiatrists today even though objectivity is central to the profession.


22 posted on 07/25/2017 11:39:45 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: DFG

23 posted on 07/25/2017 11:39:47 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: DFG
Zoe Mr President you loved your mother..very revealing. Image result for dr freud
24 posted on 07/25/2017 11:39:55 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: mewzilla

That was my first thought, too.


25 posted on 07/25/2017 11:40:04 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: DFG

In my experience, nine out of ten psychiatrists are crazy.


26 posted on 07/25/2017 11:40:04 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: rdl6989

They’ll probably rescind that notice, saying we were mistaken.....................


27 posted on 07/25/2017 11:40:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: allendale
The human brain is 90% phospholipids.

So, we're all fatheads?..............

28 posted on 07/25/2017 11:41:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Zarro

‘Maxine Waters begs a comment or two...Pelosi, Schumer, Al Franken....Lieawatha......that guy that thought Guam might flip over.....definitely.’

A good list. He’s not in the news much, but I’d definitely add Patrick Leahy. I’ve been convinced he has mental health issues for over a decade.


29 posted on 07/25/2017 11:43:34 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic wotk using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: DFG

They can comment, and by doing so, they will lessen their own influence. People aren’t as gullible as they used to be, ready to accept whatever spewed from some ‘doctor’s’ mouth, just because he or she has a Doctorate.
We already know about Dr. Spock, Dr. Kevorkian, and Dr. Timothy Leary.


30 posted on 07/25/2017 11:43:57 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: DFG

pshychiatry is very subjective


31 posted on 07/25/2017 11:46:58 AM PDT by screaming eagle2 (no matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle,IS STILL A USED CAR!)
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To: DFG

Bottom line: The human brain is 90% phospholipids. Yet no one understands how those fats up there churn around to make possible the distinctive human higher intellectual functions that dictate behavior. The American Psychiatric Association are merely observers and dabble in various chemicals some of which do alter human thought. They have always been a bit pompous and have had no reluctance to advance a leftist agenda.


32 posted on 07/25/2017 11:47:50 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: VietVet876

The same.

If any offer an opinion of Trump’s mental state he can sue them for either:

- HIPAA violation
- Malpractice - offering a medical opinion without actually evaluating the patient


33 posted on 07/25/2017 11:48:42 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: lee martell

of the 3 Leary had more credibllity.....if that’s possible


34 posted on 07/25/2017 11:48:44 AM PDT by screaming eagle2 (no matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle,IS STILL A USED CAR!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Bring it on! I’ve already started my list - and it gets longer with each passing day!


35 posted on 07/25/2017 11:50:43 AM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: DFG
A leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.

They should be worrying much more about MY mental state.

Seriously worrying.

36 posted on 07/25/2017 11:50:52 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: mrmeyer

If another civil war breaks out in the United States, there will be no “rules of engagement.”

No prisoners taken.
No mercy rendered.
No quarter given - or expected.


37 posted on 07/25/2017 11:52:56 AM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: Red Badger

“So, we’re all fatheads?”

Fathead was my mother’s favorite nickname for me. I consider it a badge of honor.


38 posted on 07/25/2017 11:58:47 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: DFG

I am sure they had a gag order when Obama was in power, what has changed....


39 posted on 07/25/2017 11:59:22 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: Lazamataz

It has been so many years, I cannot remember the source of the report, but there was at least one study, decades ago, as to the high percentage of practitioners in the mental health field, who had been drawn into it, in an effort to find “help” for their own problems. Their own mental health doubts were a mega level more serious than those of a random sample of the general population.


40 posted on 07/25/2017 12:01:22 PM PDT by Ohioan
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