Should Psychiatrists Diagnose Political Candidates’ Mental Illness?

Since 1974, the American Psychiatric Association has held it to be a violation of medical ethics for psychiatrists to make public statements about public figures whom they have not formally evaluated. For this reason, we American voters cannot turn to psychiatrists to help us judge the character of American political candidates. Fortunately, we do not need the psychiatrists’ help.

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