The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest organization of physicians in the United States, this month formally recognizes the highly controversial “Trump Depression Disorder” (TDD), as a disease. “The purpose of the policy is to advance treatment and prevention,” wrote AMA President, Nathan Lee Anderson. “It issues a call for a shift in the way the medical community tackles this complicated issue.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of Americans are dealing with some form of depression or anxiety directly related to Donald Trump’s presidency. The CDC estimates that TDD affects approximately 18 percent of children. An estimate from the nonprofit RTI International says that 42 percent of Americans will likely suffer some form of TDD by 2020, the year Mr. Trump will be up for re-election.
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