Finally, the APA has spoken out. What took them so long?

But where exactly does the American Psychological Association stand? So far, ‘crickets’ from them.

Via Washington Examiner.

The American Psychiatric Association urged members of its profession to uphold its decades-long principle that psychiatrists should never offer diagnostic opinions about people they haven’t personally examined, in light of President Trump’s impending medical exam and questions about his mental fitness.

“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.”

The rebuke came Tuesday as politicians and members of the media were ratcheting up their rhetoric about Trump’s mental health….

But the association reminded its members that one of its core principles, known as the “Goldwater Rule,” has been in place since 1973 and states that psychiatrists should not publicly issue medical opinions about people they haven’t personally examined in a medical context….

Shrinks toss aside medical ethics to protest Trump

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  1. Maynard says:

    The inmates are running the asylum and have been for some time. The phrase is usually used metaphorically, but in this case…

  2. Shifra says:

    Maynard, yeah, you’re not kidding…. Check out these Manhattan psychologists protesting POTUS.

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