If nearly one in five persons in the U.S. experiences mental illness at any given time, as federal data show, then more than 100 members of our federally elected government, including whomever is in the White House, suffer from a clinical mental condition at any given time. Does this affect their ability to lead? And why aren’t the people who are best equipped to help us navigate and explore these questions — namely, psychiatrists — leaving mostly non mental health professionals to speculate widely in the media on the mental stability of President Donald Trump? almost 7 years in Washington Diplomat

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