A "Trans-Dyadic" Perspective on the Goldwater Rule. Issue 6 (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: PLAKUN, ERIC M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychiatric practice. Volume 23:Issue 6(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Goldwater Rule -- psychotherapy -- ethics -- large group dynamics therapy; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Mental health services -- Periodicals; 616.8917
• DOI: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000273
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1527-4160

Abstract

Abstract : The Goldwater Rule has been debated, redefined, and debated further since the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. This column offers a perspective on the Goldwater Rule that moves beyond psychiatry's current preoccupation with precision DSM-5 diagnosis of individuals, which ethically requires consent or other legal authorization for release of diagnostic information to others, and into the realm of leadership as seen through the "trans-dyadic" lens of psychoanalytic understanding of large group processes on a societal level. Concepts from large group psychology are introduced to illustrate "trans-dyadic" perspectives on leadership that do not challenge the Goldwater Rule.