Psychiatrists Organize Campaign to Declare Trump 'Dangerous' as Part of Impeachment Congressional Re

[mystery-ak]

Psychiatrists Organize Campaign to Declare Trump 'Dangerous' as Part of Impeachment Congressional Record
By Tyler O'Neil December 2, 2019

Psychiatrists with the World Mental Health Coalition are soliciting signatures in a campaign to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump predicated on claims that he is mentally unstable. This campaign arguably violates the ethics of psychiatry, mimicking a historic attack on another Republican presidential candidate who successfully sued for libel after psychiatrists declared him unfit for the presidency.

In an email forwarded to PJ Media, three psychiatrists with the coalition ask other psychiatrists to sign on to a petition to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to include a statement on Trump's supposed mental instability into the official record of the impeachment inquiry.

Dr. Bandy Lee, a forensic psychiatrist at Yale School of Medicine; Dr. Jerrold Post, a psychiatrist and political psychologist who founded the CIA's Center for Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior; and Dr. John Zinner, a clinical professor in the Psychiatry Department of the George Washington University School of Medicine, wrote the petition and statement condemning Trump.

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https://pjmedia.com/trending/psychiatrists-organize-campaign-to-declare-trump-dangerous-back-impeachment/

[Wingnut]

Victoria33 concurs.

[libertybele]

Since when do psychiatrists have any say in the impeachment process??

[mystery-ak]

Since when do psychiatrists have any say in the impeachment process??

Have any of these psychiatrist examined Trump?...NO....testimony should be prohibited!

[PeteS in CA]

Every signer who is a psychiatrist and signed it without first examining/testing Trump face to face should have an ethics complaint filed against them with their state's Medical Board and any university at which they teach.

[rangerrebew]

Psychiatrists Organize Campaign to Declare Trump 'Dangerous' as Part of Impeachment Congressional Record
By Tyler O'Neil December 2, 2019
 
Psychiatrists with the World Mental Health Coalition are soliciting signatures in a campaign to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump predicated on claims that he is mentally unstable. This campaign arguably violates the ethics of psychiatry, mimicking a historic attack on another Republican presidential candidate who successfully sued for libel after psychiatrists declared him unfit for the presidency.

In an email forwarded to PJ Media, three psychiatrists with the coalition ask other psychiatrists to sign on to a petition to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to include a statement on Trump's supposed mental instability into the official record of the impeachment inquiry.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/psychiatrists-organize-campaign-to-declare-trump-dangerous-back-impeachment/

[dfwgator]

"That's right,  I AM dangerous!"

[rangerrebew]

In actual practice, I doubt any of them would make a diagnosis without talking to the person in question.  I believe that would be malpractice to take the word of newspapers to put someone on medication without first interviewing the person.

[aligncare]

Since when do psychiatrists have any say in the impeachment process??

Well, you know, it is the era of #metoo. And after all, Trump hurt their feelings. So it would seem that psychiatrists make perfect democrats. Ergo, impeach 45!

See how that works.

[truth_seeker]

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[PeteS in CA]

In actual practice, I doubt any of them would make a diagnosis without talking to the person in question.  I believe that would be malpractice to take the word of newspapers to put someone on medication without first interviewing the person.

But Orange Man Bad! Trump is the exception to ethical rules, because ......