Saturday 27 August 2016

Is This the Way to Get Rid of the Ridiculous Health Conspiracy Theories?

In August, this often-silly presidential campaign became a medical theatre of the absurd. After Donald Trump campaign surrogates raised questions about Hillary Clinton’s physical stamina—and circulated photos of her propped up by pillows—she demonstrated her strength … by opening a pickle jar on late-night TV.

Meanwhile, wild speculation about Trump’s mental fitness led New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd to imagine up an entire scenario where Trump is institutionalized post-election. Pundits-turned-amateur psychiatrists have repeatedly “diagnosed” the Republican nominee as having a personality disorder or worse. Real psychiatrists have done the same. Eventually the American Psychiatric Association had to warn its members: Stop giving interviews in which you psychoanalyze candidates. For the full article click here 

 



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