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Author Martin-Joy, John, author

Title Diagnosing from a distance : debates over libel law, media, and psychiatric ethics from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump / John Martin-Joy
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 336 pages)
Contents Introduction: An ethical dilemma -- Psychoanalysis, media, and politics from the rise -- Ralph Ginzburg : provocateur -- "To remove this precedent" : Barry Goldwater sues for libel -- Ginzburg, Goldwater, and the Supreme Court -- "To protect public figures" : the APA and the Goldwater Rule -- The CIA and the White House : adventures in assess -- Furor : the debate over Donald Trump -- Conclusion: On history, ethics, and pluralism
Summary "The election of Donald Trump in 2016 raised profound ethical questions for many psychiatrists. Is it ethical to diagnose a public figure without examining him or her? If so, why? If not, why not? Are there compelling reasons for a psychiatrist to comment on a president's mental health if nuclear warfare or the conduct of an unjust war is at stake? Is the media the right place for such comment? Under what circumstances, and in the name of what higher principles, may a psychiatrist violate the ethical code of her own professional organization? In Diagnosis from a Distance I explore and reflect on these ethical questions using a historical and philosophical lens. This book is a study of the development of professional ideas in a political context-and ultimately an argument about how we might approach the ethics of psychiatric comment on public figures"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2020)
Subject Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 -- Mental health
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Mental health
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects
Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Political aspects
Psychiatric ethics.
Mass media.
Psychiatry -- ethics
Mental Health
mental health.
mass media.
Mental health
Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects
Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Political aspects
Psychiatric ethics
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019049175
ISBN 9781108761222
1108761224