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Psychiatrists Reminded To Refrain From Armchair Analysis Of Public Figures

A poll of psychiatrists about the mental fitness of Barry Goldwater, Republican nominee for president in 1964, led to the creation of a rule that discourages doctors from public diagnoses. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A poll of psychiatrists about the mental fitness of Barry Goldwater, Republican nominee for president in 1964, led to the creation of a rule that discourages doctors from public diagnoses. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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