People who would be red-flagged for employment at my agency were elected to the two top positions in the American government which makes me question the mental health of the American public as well.
When people with mental illness reach high levels of public office and have concomitant power to make policy and engage in actions which affect millions of people, it would seem that psychological fitness might be a standard to use in the selection process. Police officers in major cities go through more psychological evaluation for their jobs than politicians who make policy to govern the police officers' actions.
Could a standard of psychological fitness be politicized and misused and abused? Yes, there is a huge potential there, and yet if we see psychological standards being increasingly used in other human service professions in criminal justice, ministry, counseling and mental health, education, would it be too much to ask that our political leaders also be subjected to such evaluations?
The argument that voters will decide is not reliable judge of fitness because most voters are naive when it comes to a candidates psychological fitness.
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The Goldwater rule has prevented mental health professionals from describing concerns about political candidates. This has hampered public awareness due to lack of information about signs and symptoms to look for in candidates.
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