American Psychoanalytic Association Says Its Members Are Free to Weigh in on Donald Trumps Obviously Troubled Mind. This month, the American Psychoanalytic Association told its roughly 3,5. Freudian president in the White House. According to Scientific American, one of the associations past presidents, Dr. Prudence Gourguechon, said the rule change was motivated by belief in the value of psychoanalytic knowledge in explaining human behavior. We dont want to prohibit our members from using their knowledge responsibly. The rule change was in part necessary since President Donald Trumps behavior is so different from anything weve seen before, Gourguechon added. Professional restrictions on diagnosing the mental health of public figures, which opponents refer to as a gag rule, has long been a matter of contention within the mental health fieldbut its become a particularly tense debate as of late. Its 530, and I realize in half an hour Ill be slammed with customers. Before they all get here I need to unclog the toilets, take out the trash, refill the. No wonder, given Trumps tendency to go to war with his own staff and allies over perceived slights, rambling Twitter threats and that time this week he demanded the Boy Scouts pledge him their loyalty. Within the American Psychiatric Association, the much larger organization that claims a membership of over 3. Goldwater Rule. An unscientific and extremely controversial 1. Republican nominee Barry Goldwater was mentally unfit to be president, weighing in with descriptions like paranoid and grossly psychotic. While violating the rule can only result in associational sanctions like being kicked out of the APA, not revocation of medical degrees or licenses to practice, its still a powerful deterrent. Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Leonard Glass published an editorial in Psychiatric Times this month resigning from the latter APA, saying the rule had grown more draconian this year with a new interpretationthat comments about a public figures affect and behavior constituted an unethical professional opinion. Glass wrote tighter restrictions on statements by psychiatrists made a fundamental error conflating a professional opinion that one might provide in a clinical setting and be the basis for a treatment plan with the opinion of a professional who is making an observation in a non clinical context, in the public domain. When he raised the distinction with the APA, he wrote, he came away with the impression the association thought its members must be muzzled to protect the profession. The American Psychoanalytic Association may not have the clout of the American Psychiatric Association, but it is respected. Its not calling for reckless abandon, either Gourguechon told the Atlantic it would be unethical for a psychiatrist to guess whats going on in somebodys mind, but that offering general insights like whether particular presidential behaviors were impulsive are fine. Trump is almost certainly such a significant outlier that some of his behaviors need to be weighed in on by professional mental health experts. Just listen to the guy speak for five minutes, and it becomes very hard not to think theres something deeply wrong going on in there. But theres also grounds to wonder if relaxing a rule designed to prevent the political weaponization of a medical discipline could have consequences long beyond the current moment. We do live in an age of Dr. Phils, massive stigmatization of mental health issues and politicians quite eager to call their opponents insane. Trumps psychological motivations are too obvious to be interesting, and analyzing them will not halt his headlong power grab, the Duke University School of Medicines Dr. Allen Frances, one of the authors of the criteria on narcissistic personality disorder, wrote in the New York Times in February. The antidote to a dystopic Trumpean dark age is political, not psychological. Scientific AmericanUpdate This post has been updated to include a quote from Dr. Speed Up Your Podcasts for More Efficient Listening. There are so many good podcasts out there including Lifehackers The Upgrade, but theres only so much time in a day. The Wall Street Journal reported on podcasts nuts who make time for podcasts by speeding them up with apps like Overcast. Like, up to 5x speed. Sure, that saves time, but it also probably spikes your blood pressure and makes listening to podcasts super stressful. So whats the best speed to listen to podcasts in without sacrificing your health or ruining the podcast Many podcast apps, including Apples Podcasts, have features that speed up podcast episodes. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is a firstperson shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Officially announced on February 11, 2009. Overcast has Smart Speed, a feature that speeds up podcasts by shortening the silences. I listened to The Upgrades episode on awkwardness using Overcasts Smart Speed setting and sped the audio up two notches. Overcast had turned the 5. The speed ranged from 1. As I continued listening, I was able to increase the listening speed to an average of 1. I tried 3x, but it felt way too fast for me. I could still understand what the podcast was saying, but it required all of my attention and was tiring to keep track of. Lifehacker staff writer Nick Douglas says that Overcasts Smart Speed works great for unedited talk shows, but not as well on highly produced shows. When listening to The Upgrade, Smart Speed ranged from normal speed 1x to 1. But for shows like On Being with Krista Tippett, which publishes unedited versions of its episodes, Smart Speed sped up recordings 1. And while speeding up podcasts certainly saves time, it could take away from the listening experience, depending on your personal preferences, as well as what type of show youre listening to. Obviously, you shouldnt speed up podcasts when the timing is important like meditation podcasts, music podcasts, or comedy podcastsyou cant listen to Welcome To Nightvale at 2x speed without ruining the suspense and changing the tone of its storytelling. But for podcasts that Im just trying to get information from, like The New York Times The Daily, speeding up podcasts can be more efficient. Like multitasking, where Im rushing to do as much as I can in a short amount of time, Ill continue listening to podcasts sped up, knowing its a bit of a tradeoff between enjoyment and efficiency. Theres something appealing about being more efficient even when you dont have toand having an extra 1.
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