Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump
An author of the 1973 American Psychiatric Association standard says it was never meant to stop doctors from expressing their opinions based on public information.
An author of the 1973 American Psychiatric Association standard says it was never meant to stop doctors from expressing their opinions based on public information.
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apparent inability to remain focused on a single topic or string together complete sentences, for example, or his confusing of people, as he has repeatedly done with former House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. And more recently, his loss of interest in taking questions at his own campaign event, followed by a demand that his staff play some of his favorite songs while he stood onstage and swayed to the music.
“I find it concerning that he doesn’t complete his sentences, seems to lose track of the question he is trying to answer, or avoid, and that one thought doesn’t lead to another, but appears to veer tangentially off track,”
that test, often used as an initial screening tool which Trump took nearly seven years ago, is not helpful in assessing his current condition.
That assessment is given to potential nursing home patients to decide which wing to assign them to, not to someone you want to hire, let alone be president,”