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Top psychiatrist says Trump needs a neurologist after exhibiting 'alarming' symptoms during debate

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during the presidential election debate at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024. (Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Donald Trump exhibited signs of cognitive decline and short-term memory loss, according to Richard A. Friedman, a renowned psychiatrist and director of the psychopharmacology clinic at Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College.

In an article for the Atlantic, Friedman opened by stating, "any fair-minded mental-health expert would be very worried about Donald Trump's performance." He then enumerated the reasons for his alarm, while maintaining he was not offering an official diagnosis of the former president.

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