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While I am not a psychologist, one of my degrees is in psychology... It was a piece of cake... My focus is in neuroscience research.

By the way, my wife clearly stated that the Goldwater Rule has not changed and these people are in violation. We attended a program on this topic at the annual psychiatric conference last April where the experts discussed it.

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A psychologist only works with the mind and usually does not understand the physical body. It is illegal for psychologists to make a diagnosis as to to so would be practicing medicine without a license.

This means that psychologists don’t even consider biological causes of depression or other illnesses. B12 deficiency, copper toxicity and electrolyte imbalances are all biological causes of depression outside their professional realm.

True. But a lot of MDs, psychiatrists included, are really horrible at dealing with people.

By the way, my wife clearly stated that the Goldwater Rule has not changed and these people are in violation.

My guess was that these people were academics, like Zimbardo and Lifton, and not practitioners, but it looks like many of them also practice as psychotherapists as well as holding university positions.