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The '''Goldwater Rule''' is an ethical standard in psychiatry and psychology that forbids someone in those professions from expressing a mental health evaluation of any individual, such as a candidate for president, in the absence of conducting a thorough private mental examination of the person and obtaining his fully informed consent before speaking publicly about it.

The '''Goldwater Rule''' is an ethical standard in psychiatry and psychology that forbids someone in those professions from expressing a mental health opinion about any individual, such as a candidate for president, in the absence of conducting a thorough private mental examination of the person and obtaining his fully informed consent before speaking to others about it.

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) reaffirmed its commitment to this ethical standard in March 2017, for the following reasons provided by the President of APA:<ref>https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-blog/2017/03/apa-remains-committed-to-supporting-goldwater-rule</ref>

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) reaffirmed its commitment to this ethical standard in March 2017, for the following reasons provided by the President of APA:<ref>https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-blog/2017/03/apa-remains-committed-to-supporting-goldwater-rule</ref>

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