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Goldwater and the psychiatric opinions published without examination
Candidate declared psychologically unfit by polled psychiatrists
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Account 1
United States national and state register · Batch 2
- Jurisdiction / date
- US national, 1964–1973
- People / institutions
- Fact magazine; 1,189 psychiatrists; APA
- Mechanism
- Diagnostic discrediting without examination
- Allegation or event
- Candidate declared psychologically unfit by polled psychiatrists
- Finding or outcome
- Libel verdict for Goldwater (1969); APA "Goldwater rule" 1973
- Label
- LEAD (verify verdict and rule text)
Account 2
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 3
- Jurisdiction / date
- US national, 1964–1973
- Mechanism
- Diagnostic discrediting
- What is documented
- Fact polled psychiatrists; 1,189 declared Goldwater unfit; libel verdict for Goldwater affirmed 1969; APA adopts the "Goldwater rule" 1973
- Finding or status
- Standard account
- Limits
- Not opened this batch
- Label
- SUPPORTED
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1964-US-GOLDWATER