Psychiatrists' Analysis of Politicians' Mental Health: The Ethics of Public Commentary

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Keith Rasmussen

Psychiatrists' Analysis of Politicians' Mental Health

The Ethics of Public Commentary

Keith Rasmussen

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Routledge
16 July 2025

Politics & government; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Psychiatry

This book discusses the validity, ethics, and usefulness of professional public commentary of politician’s mental health and provides an alternative model for professionals to do so in an ethical manner.

Rendering public opinions about politician’s mental health, particularly when the professional has not conducted a first-hand assessment of the individual, can be problematic and unethical. This book reviews the legitimate methods of psychiatric and psychological evaluations, abuses of psychiatry, and ethical perspectives on publicly voicing opinions regarding public figures, and proposes an alternative assumption model for mental health professionals to render a public opinion. It is a great resource for practicing psychologists and psychiatrists to reflect on their own processes when examining the mental health of politicians.

Students and trainees in the mental health sector will come away from this book with a better understanding of the ethical concerns inherent in commenting publicly on public officials’ mental health, and they'll find valuable guidance on how to do so in an ethical way.

By: Keith Rasmussen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032957067
ISBN 10: 1032957069
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 16 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Part I: Psychiatry: Use, Misuse, and the Ethics of Public Commentary Chapter 1: The Use of Psychiatry Chapter 2: The Misuse of Psychiatry Chapter 3: The Ethics of Public Commentary and a Sequential Assumption Model Part II: Examples from History and the Recent Past Chapter 4: Three Kings Chapter 5: Psychoanalytic Speculations in Public Commentary – The Books of Dr. Justin Frank Chapter 6: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Attempt to Assess President Donald J. Trump Publicly Without Having Met Him: Ethical or Unethical?

Keith G. Rasmussen is a consultant at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is also a professor of psychiatry at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.