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Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump
The Goldwater Rule and the Constitutional Conundrum: How to Define Crazy
by Whitney McKnight   
Goldwater Rule article  

It’s not him, it’s us-narcissism in POTUS45 is beside the point

Interview with Whitney McKnight Fishburn on Doc-mental discussing the so-called Goldwater Rule.

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Article by John Gartner, Alex Langford, and Aileen O’Brien published in The British Journal of Psychiatry (2018) 213, 633-637. debate between John Gartner and Alex Langford referencing an interview with Allen Dyer, the last living member of the original APA ethics committee that crafted Goldwater (principle) in 1974.

Is the president fit to serve?  NPR Midday with Bob Hall:  Guests Dr. John Gartner Johns Hopkins university (organizer of the Duty to Warn movement) and Dr. Allen Dyer, The George Washington University (who was on the  APA Ethics Committee when the so-called Goldwater Rule was written)   NPR Interview  

Dr. Allen Dyer receives Outstanding Services Award from GW International Medical Programs for his humanitarian efforts and work as a psychiatrist in promoting global mental health.

2017 MH Issues in Cancer Survivors Persist Long After Treatment Ends

2015 Brown Medicine Mind and Body

2017 GWU Group Helps Train Refugee Aid Workers 

2011 Japan’s Resilience Eases Impact of Natural Disaster

2010 Iraqis’ Visit Turns Into Mutual Learning Experience

2008 Psychiatry in Iraq on Long, Slow Road to Recovery