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Originally Posted by venusss
Pretty much this.
Also, you need to realize that politicians need to have certain traits... they cannot be blandy bland "what would people think" never-thinking-out-of-the-box type. They would not get anywhere. They would not get things done.
Being brilliant or over the top is not mental illness. Well yet. Maybe they will vote it in for the next DSM. Who knows.
All I know Bill Clinton save Kosovo from another genocide breaking out in the region, by daring to do an armed intervention there. He has a boulevard in Prishtinė. Are you gonna slap diagnostic label on that too?
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I'm with you guys. The Goldwater Rule applies to psychiatrists who have an MD and specialized training in psychological issues. Armchair quarterbacking things like this is not only unwarranted, but it stands the chance of cheapening a diagnosis that is sorely needed for some of us.
I get the same dread when people use the word "crazy" to describe someone. I know it's a part of our lexicon and normal to use in most circumstances in which it is. That being said, I know personally and intimately what it is to actually _be_ and _act_ crazy, and it's nothing close to what it's usually applied to as a label.
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