In the Presidential Election of 1964, Republican candidate Barry Goldwater helped lead a
These attacks came from multiple news outlets. Magazines such as Good Housekeeping and Paegant both alleged that Goldwater's family had claimed he suffered severe burnout in the 1930s. These claims were only fueled by Goldwater's apparent willingness to go to nuclear war with Russia. His open belief that NATO commanders should have more freedom to use nuclear weapons, as well as comments such as the US should "lob one into the men's room in the Kremlin" were often used as evidence to support the claims of Goldwater's mental instability.
After his opponent, President Johnson, defeated Goldwater in a landslide victory, Goldwater sued Fact magazine for libel, claiming that he never consulted a psychiatrist, and eventually won the case in 1968.
The magazine was received harsh criticism from the American Psychiatric Association, which denounced the survey, deeming it illegitimate. In addition to criticizing the article, the APA took pre-emptive measures against future incidents like what happened to Goldwater by passing the Goldwater rule in 1973, which forbade Psychiatrists from diagnosing public figures without having an in-person examination, and exists to this day.
Sources:
http://time.com/4875093/donald-trump-goldwater-rule-history/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/impromptu-man/201608/the-real-story-behind-the-goldwater-rule
This post war really interesting! Thanks for informing us on this rule, which in recent times has become even more important. Confusion has grown over the rule as Trump's mental condition has been called into question. However, the article that was published about Trump's health was actually published by the American Psychoanalytic Association – not to be confused with the much larger American Psychiatric Association. The Psychoanalytic Association told its members that the long-standing rule should not restrict them from publicly commenting on Trump or any other public figure. So, they did. Meanwhile, the American Psychiatric Association, the ones who created the Goldwater Rule, stood by the Rule and wouldn't comment on Trump's health. So, confusion has arisen as to whether it's been overturned. The answer: it has not. Psychiatrists are still prohibited from commenting on Trump's mental state.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-no-goldwater-rule-has-not-been-1501027232-htmlstory.html
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteNow I know the history of the rule. I know that recently Trump's mental health has been in question on the news, and then whenever psychologists speak out against his mental health, they always single out their view on it from the company or school or whatever else they are a part of because it is controversial. Check out the article below to read about a Yale Psychiatrist who recently called into question Trump's mental health and what the opinions surrounding that are.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mental-health-exam-unsufficient-785818
I really like how you relate the idea of the Goldwater rule to our recent presidential elections, and how Donald Trump has been acting within the government. I had not been reading much about the Goldwater rule and don't remember going over it in class so your article really helped me get a better understand about it, and how he believed that NATO should give more power to the people.
ReplyDelete