“In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association adopted what became known as the Goldwater Rule, declaring it unethical for any psychiatrist to diagnose a public figure’s condition “unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement.”
But I’ve heard the words “Personality disorder” or “Sociopath” or “Psychopath”. So what’s fair game in terms of a psychiatric diagnosis in the new Trump world? Is it justified? Should the same clinical approach be used for Hilary Clinton? Click here for commentary from the NYT.
Cupping involves heat and/or suction to rupture skin capillaries and might even promote circulation to underlying tissue. It’s interesting that so many athletes are showing up with these “hickeys” at the Olympics. I don’t know of any harmful side effects, but it might harm the skin barrier to all those nasty bugs in the sea water in Rio. I hope we don’t begin to see infections.
