Should the United States have a standard Psychological Test

[Heddi]

185. As a Registered Nurse, I don't believe in stigmatizing mental illness more than it already is

A former medical director I worked with was very open about his struggle with schizophrenia, and how even being well medicated he was nearly denied entrance to med school because of it, and has had to fight three times as hard for every position of leadership he has had since then. He is one of the most intelligent, most compassionate, most understanding people I know. And he is open about the things he has had to deal with having a mental illness. This man, one of the top in his field, in his 50's, is still discriminated against when people find out about his diagnosis.

I work with people EVERY DAY who have to work 20x's harder to overcome the bigoted and hateful and INCORRECT stereotypes about mental illness, similar to the ones you've proclaimed throughout this thread and in your OP. People with mental illness aren't more likley to be violent, they're more likely to be the victims of violence. They are more likely to live in poverty. They are more likely to be unemployed and unemployaBLE because of the overt discrimination against them.

someone who is bipolar, or who has borderline personality disorder, or who has schizophrenia, or PTSD isn't "broken" and isn't any less qualified to hold ANY job -- including POTUS -- just because of mental illness. To think so is bigoted and hateful and abelist.

"Oh, but we'll just make the public aware of their mental illness and THEY can make the decision of whether we want someone who has a history of being hospitalized for severe depression to lead the country" is STILL bigoted, hateful, and abelist.

What other aspects of such personal issues should be made public? How many pubic hairs on their left testicle? Whether they use a vibrator? I mean, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW.

What's next? Mental Health testing before someone gets pregnant? has an abortion? votes? goes to school? What other aspects of normal human life would you like those undesirable crazy people to be excluded from?