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Brandy Lee, a psychiatrist who criticized Trump's mental state, is not rehired by Yale.


 Dr. Bandy Lee asserted that she owed it to the public to raise awareness of the previous president Trump.

A judge determined that Dr. Bandy Lee, a well-known psychiatrist who labeled President Trump and his supporters as mentally ill, was unable to regain her position after Yale University fired her two years ago.
The Ivy League school was accused of violating the woman's free speech rights and professional obligations when she was not reappointed to her position with the school, according to a wrongful termination complaint, which a federal judge in Connecticut dismissed, according to the Harford Courant.
Before she was fired, Lee had worked for the school for 17 years in an unpaid role. According to the Courant, she claimed in court documents that it was her "responsibility to warn" others about the "contagion" of Trump's mental health.

Lee received criticism for her remote diagnosis of Trump.

After she began making medical pronouncements about Trump and people connected to him, the respected university raised concerns about her judgment and her capacity to teach, according to the newspaper.
Her views go against the American Psychiatric Association rule that bars professional opinions of public individuals who were not examined, her own lawsuit alleged.
Lee said that since she isn't a member of the group and the regulation is intended to stop members from providing dire public warnings, it doesn't apply to her.


Regarding her "professional responsibility to defend society," Lee's legal team stated that "Trump's presidency created an emergency which not only allowed, but compelled, psychiatrists in the United States to sound the sirens."
The lawsuit of Lee, who also edited the 2017 book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President," claims that "Trump's mental health was affecting the mental health" of everyone in the US, "placing the country at grave risk" and "undermining democracy itself."

When Alan Dershowitz, a well-known Yale alumnus, protested about Lee after she appeared to conduct a remote assessment of the Harvard professor, Lee's problems started.
Dershowitz told the New Haven Register last year, "I think her own statements prove that she acted unprofessionally, in breach of academic standards, and in violation of the rules of psychiatry."

Furthermore, I believe it is immoral for ideological and political motives to misdiagnose somebody she hasn't even met.
After receiving a complaint from Dershowitz, Yale department chair Dr. John Krystal warned in advance Lee in a letter: "The recklessness of your comments gives the impression that they are self-serving in relation to your personal political beliefs and other possible personal aspirations," according to her lawsuit.

Lee's remarks drew criticism from Alan Dershowitz.

According to the school, her eventual termination was from a lack of a formal teaching position, as stated in the New Haven Register.
In an interview with the newspaper this week, Lee said she wasn't surprised by the result but will keep fighting because "the public interest was the primary reason I filed the complaint in the first place."

According to the New Haven Register, US District Judge Sarah Merriam rejected Lee's arguments since there was no assurance that Yale would reappoint her despite her qualifications.


Although Lee wasn't paid, she said the Yale position was worth tens of thousands of dollars in benefits and visibility that made it possible for her to consult internationally, according to the Courant.


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