Therapist and Editor Alissa Hirshfeld-Flores on Mental Health and the 25th Amendment in the Trump Era
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Alissa Hirshfield-Flores is a marriage and family therapist specializing in grief and loss. She says she's seen an increase in people experiencing anger, grief, and anxiety issues since the 2016 election, and saw an increase in women seeking appointments during the Kavanaugh proceedings. Flores is a signatory of the "Duty to Warn" petition and has organized meetings on the subject—invoking the 25th Amendment with respect to Donald Trump's mental state—in her part of California. 
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