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Category: Mental Health

Kander

Jason Kander’s PTSD, and what it says about America

October 3, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Candidates, Mental Health Leave a comment

In a remarkable act of self-awareness, courage and public accountability, rising Democratic star Jason Kander, 37, has published a letter revealing his personal struggle

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Greitens with gun

Greitens illustrates why the mental health diagnoses won’t work

February 23, 2018 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Crime/Violence, Guns, Mental Health Leave a comment

One of the excuses de jour of why to not enact stringent gun controls is that the problems would be solved if guns were

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Stop Mueller

The right is right: Mueller is stacking deck against Trump

December 12, 2017 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Democracy, Impeachment, Justice, Mental Health, Republican Brain, Science, Trump 6 comments

In unison, the talking heads at Fox News and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee assaulted both current FBI Director Christopher Wray and former

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Need to Impeach

Impeachment might make sense where very little else does

November 29, 2017 Arthur Lieber Democrats, Impeachment, Justice, Mental Health, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump One comment

It’s risky, but impeachment definitely has to be on the table. If you have been watching television lately, you have probably seen a video

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Trump stalking Hillary

Saying that Trump is unhinged is the polite way to put it

August 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

As if on cue, following Donald Trump’s speech about Afghanistan last Monday (8/21/17), he removed the subtlety of his mental and emotional challenges the

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Trump-Afghanistan

With Afghanistan, Trump cannot run away from his mental health problems

August 22, 2017 Arthur Lieber Democracy, Mental Health, Terrorism, Trump, War Leave a comment

It’s possible that Donald Trump can run away from his Charlottesville problems by trying to be commander-in-chief and uttering a policy about Afghanistan. What

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Goldwater Rule

If Psychiatry was an exact science, the Goldwater Rule might make sense

August 15, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Health, Mental Health, Republican Brain 2 comments

In 1964, 1,189 psychiatrists said, “Goldwater is psychologically unfit to be president.” The reaction to that is what created the Goldwater Rule which stated,

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