“The president’s behavior in the Cabinet Room, the Rose Garden, and subsequently was justifiably alarming, but it is about time we recognize that we are dealing with someone who is not capable of thinking rationally—our report on the Mueller report has proven that. Rather, the media have not served the public well with the constant fixation on Donald Trump’s behavior, which has normalized him without offering a solution—or worse, has widely broadcast his gaslighting and distortion techniques to spread his pathology to a national level.”
Democrats Invite Psychiatrist To Capitol After She Calls President Unstable, Violent, Danger To Public Health
by Joseph Curl June 6, 2019 253 Comments
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“The president’s behavior in the Cabinet Room, the Rose Garden, and subsequently was justifiably alarming, but it is about time we recognize that we are dealing with someone who is not capable of thinking rationally—our report on the Mueller report has proven that. Rather, the media have not served the public well with the constant fixation on Donald Trump’s behavior, which has normalized him without offering a solution—or worse, has widely broadcast his gaslighting and distortion techniques to spread his pathology to a national level.”
That’s the take of Brandy X. Lee, a “forensic psychiatrist” at Yale School of Medicine, who edited “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump.”
So, of course, Democrats are planning to bring her and other psychiatrists to Capitol Hill to label Trump unfit for office.
Lee has been cashing in on questioning Trump’s mental capacity, appearing on TV and selling her book.
But the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has told its members to support a decades-long principle that tells psychiatrists they should not offer diagnostic opinions about people they’ve never examined. “We at the APA call for an end to psychiatrists providing professional opinions in the media about public figures whom they have not examined, whether it be on cable news appearances, books, or in social media,” the group wrote. “Arm-chair psychiatry or the use of psychiatry as a political tool is the misuse of psychiatry and is unacceptable and unethical.”
But Lee doesn’t adhere to that principle. “The president’s condition has been visibly deteriorating to the point where there’s a lot of talk right now about his mental state beyond mental health professionals,” Lee said, even though she’s never examined him. “It no longer takes a mental health professional to recognize the seriousness of the current presidency.”
“Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., who has called for Trump’s impeachment, confirmed the event was in the works, but said it would be more likely to occur in July because lawmakers have a full plate in June with spending bills,” The Washington Examiner reported.
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