Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump
www.huffpost.com
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.

Edit: changed the title from the site to say “Doctor That …” instead of “Doctor Who …”

  • watson387@sopuli.xyz
    30·
    1 month ago

    I had to read the title multiple times before it became clear this has nothing to do with Doctor Who…

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 month ago

      Fuck me, it’s literally there first thing past the headline. Just read for 8 seconds.

      Edit: Fuck, I’m stupid and didn’t read the capitalization on the ‘W’.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 month ago

    Oh boy!

    “I’m not 80, and I’m not that close to 80,” said Trump, who is 20 months away from turning 80. “I’ve done cognitive tests. I’ve done them twice, and I aced both of them, and the doctor in one case said, ‘I’ve never seen anybody ace them.’”

    He aced a test that only shows… Fuck here’s the test:

    Recite these words back to me: person, woman, man, camera, TV

    Harris could hammer that one home! “Here’s the cognitive test Trump brags about.”

    Dyer and other psychiatrists, though, said that test, often used as an initial screening tool which Trump took nearly seven years ago, is not helpful in assessing his current condition.

    Seven years is a long time in one’s 70s. May be almost zero difference, may be drooling on the carpet.

    “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,” said Andrew Smolar, a Pennsylvania psychiatrist who has had numerous patients of Trump’s age and apparent condition.

    OUCH.

    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      I can’t pass up the opportunity to point out that that list of words was not part of the cognitive assessment that he “aced.” He forgot that list. Person, man, woman, camera, and TV were just objects in his field of vision at the moment he was speaking in the interview.

      I’ve been pointing out his dementia symptoms for years now. Why does it still feel so shitty to be proved right by time? :-/

      • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        I saw it happening to my mother. No one else did or they didn’t want to see it. Its part of the reason why I was cast out.

          • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            It was more to it than just her mental decline that caused me to go no contact on that day. I was told I was the reason why my son was autistic and I didn’t discipline him enough. Also on that day they told my daughter she was going to hell for having a psychology degree. My mother regularly through the years referred to my daughter as a bastard because we were not married when she was conceived. Like I said the problem was larger than my mothers dementia but that is what triggered it. The oncoming dementia and her sudden inability to keep her lies straight is how I figured out she was abusing my son.

  • bean@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 month ago

    Why’s it all caps anyway? The HP article writer could have done better I think.

    Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump

    Versus

    Doctor who wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ says he would recommend dementia tests for Trump

    Or even

    Doctor which wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ says he would recommend dementia tests for Trump

    Having ‘Who’ in caps is probably what triggered. Were used to seeing the show name / dr name capitalized.

  • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 month ago

    I feel like the audience on lemmy is uniquely primed to see “Doctor Who” vs the general public. Also fuck Trump