The Goldwater rule: why commenting on mental health from a distance is unhelpful

Click Here to Read:   The Goldwater rule: why commenting on mental health from a distance is unhelpful: Is it okay to speculatively diagnose public figures like Trump? No, says the Goldwater rule – and recent challenges to it could set worrying precedents by Nick Davis on the Guardian website on July 28, 2017.

Psychologists once claimed that United States Senator and nominee for president, Barry Goldwater, was psychologically unfit to be president. Photograph: William Lovelace/Getty Images

‘Goldwater Rule’ Still In Place Barring Many Psychiatrists From Commenting On Trump

Click Here to Read:  ‘Goldwater Rule’ Still In Place Barring Many Psychiatrists From Commenting On Trump on the NPR website on July 25, 2017.

“The Goldwater Rule” was implemented in 1973, preventing psychiatrists from making armchair diagnoses, after Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee for president, successfully sued a magazine that published an article doubting his sanity.

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Walter Briehl vs John Foster Dulles

Click Here to Read:  BRIEHL V. DULLES, 248 F2d 561, 583 (1957) 0n the Famguardian website.

Click Here to Read: Dr. Walter Briehl, A Pioneer of Group Therapy Methods by Joan Cook in The New York Times on December 24, 1982.

Click Here to Read:  Kent v. Dulles on Wikipedia.

Click Here to Read:  Kent v. Dulles on LawAspect.com website.

Click Here to Read: 357 U.S. 116 – Kent v. Dulles on the Open Jurist Website.

Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump’s mental health

Click Here to Read: Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump’s mental health By Sharon Begley on the StatNews website on July 25, 2017.

The “Goldwater rule,” named for 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, prohibits psychiatrists from offering opinions about the mental state of public figures.