DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP

Informationen zum Autor Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div., Organizer of Yale's "Duty to Warn" Conference Klappentext The New York Times bestseller! More than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists offer their consensus view that Trump's mental state presents a clear and present danger to our nation and individual well-being. This is not normal. Since the start of Donald Trump's presidential run, one question has quietly but urgently permeated the observations of concerned citizens: What is wrong with him? Constrained by the American Psychiatric Association's "Goldwater rule," which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to answer this question have shied away from discussing the issue at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both. In THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP, twenty-seven psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health experts argue that, in Mr. Trump's case, their moral and civic "duty to warn" America supersedes professional neutrality. They then explore Trump's symptoms and potentially relevant diagnoses to find a complex, if also dangerously mad, man. Philip Zimbardo and Rosemary Sword, for instance, explain Trump's impulsivity in terms of "unbridled and extreme present hedonism." Craig Malkin writes on pathological narcissism and politics as a lethal mix. Gail Sheehy, on a lack of trust that exceeds paranoia. Lance Dodes, on sociopathy. Robert Jay Lifton, on the "malignant normality" that can set in everyday life if psychiatrists do not speak up. His madness is catching, too. From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. It's not all in our heads. It's in his. "There will not be a book published this fall more urgent, important, or controversial than The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump ...profound, illuminating and discomforting" -Bill Moyers Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Our Witness to Malignant Reality, by Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. Prologue: Professions and Politics, by Judith Lewis Herman, M.D., and Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div. Introduction: Our Duty to Warn, by Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div. Part I. The Trump Phenomenon Chapter 1. Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism: How the Leader of the Free World has Proven Time and Again He is Unfit for Duty, by Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., and Rosemary Sword Chapter 2. Pathological Narcissism and Politics: A Lethal Mix, by Craig Malkin, Ph.D. Chapter 3. I Wrote 'The Art of the Deal' with Trump; His Self-Sabotage is Rooted in His Past, by Tony Schwartz Chapter 4. Trump's Trust Deficit Is the Core Problem, by Gail Sheehy, Ph.D. Chapter 5. Sociopathy, by Lance Dodes, M.D. Chapter 6. Donald Trump is: A) Bad; B) Mad; C) All of the Above, by John D. Gartner, Ph.D. Chapter 7. Why 'Crazy Like a Fox' vs. 'Crazy Like a Crazy' Really Matters: Delusional Disorder, Admiration of Brutal Dictators, the Nuclear Codes and Trump, by Michael J. Tansey, Ph.D. Chapter 8. Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and the POTUS, by David M. Reiss, M.D. Chapter 9. Donald J. Trump, Alleged Incapacitated Person: Mental Incapacity, the Electoral College, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, by James A. Herb, M.A., Esq. Part II. The Trump Dilemma Chapter 10. Should Psychiatrists Refrain from Commenting on Trump's Psychology?, by Leonard L. Glass, M.D., M.P.H. Chapter 11. On Seeing What You See and Saying What You Know: A Psychiatrist's Responsibility, by Henry J. Friedman, M.D. Chapter 12. The Issue is Dangerousness, not Mental Illness, by James Gilligan, M.D. Chapter 13. A Clinical Case for the Dangerousness of Donald J. T...

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Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div., Organizer of Yale's "Duty to Warn" Conference

Klappentext

The New York Times bestseller! More than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists offer their consensus view that Trump's mental state presents a clear and present danger to our nation and individual well-being.

This is not normal.

Since the start of Donald Trump's presidential run, one question has quietly but urgently permeated the observations of concerned citizens: What is wrong with him? Constrained by the American Psychiatric Association's "Goldwater rule," which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to answer this question have shied away from discussing the issue at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both.

In THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP, twenty-seven psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health experts argue that, in Mr. Trump's case, their moral and civic "duty to warn" America supersedes professional neutrality. They then explore Trump's symptoms and potentially relevant diagnoses to find a complex, if also dangerously mad, man.

Philip Zimbardo and Rosemary Sword, for instance, explain Trump's impulsivity in terms of "unbridled and extreme present hedonism." Craig Malkin writes on pathological narcissism and politics as a lethal mix. Gail Sheehy, on a lack of trust that exceeds paranoia. Lance Dodes, on sociopathy. Robert Jay Lifton, on the "malignant normality" that can set in everyday life if psychiatrists do not speak up.

His madness is catching, too. From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond.

It's not all in our heads. It's in his.

"There will not be a book published this fall more urgent, important, or controversial than The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump...profound, illuminating and discomforting" -Bill Moyers

Inhalt

Foreword: Our Witness to Malignant Reality, by Robert Jay Lifton, M.D.

Prologue: Professions and Politics, by Judith Lewis Herman, M.D., and Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div.

Introduction: Our Duty to Warn, by Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div.

Part I. The Trump Phenomenon
Chapter 1. Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism: How the Leader of the Free World has Proven Time and Again He is Unfit for Duty, by Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., and Rosemary Sword
Chapter 2. Pathological Narcissism and Politics: A Lethal Mix, by Craig Malkin, Ph.D.
Chapter 3. I Wrote 'The Art of the Deal' with Trump; His Self-Sabotage is Rooted in His Past, by Tony Schwartz
Chapter 4. Trump's Trust Deficit Is the Core Problem, by Gail Sheehy, Ph.D.
Chapter 5. Sociopathy, by Lance Dodes, M.D.
Chapter 6. Donald Trump is: A) Bad; B) Mad; C) All of the Above, by John D. Gartner, Ph.D.
Chapter 7. Why 'Crazy Like a Fox' vs. 'Crazy Like a Crazy' Really Matters: Delusional Disorder, Admiration of Brutal Dictators, the Nuclear Codes and Trump, by Michael J. Tansey, Ph.D.
Chapter 8. Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and the POTUS, by David M. Reiss, M.D.
Chapter 9. Donald J. Trump, Alleged Incapacitated Person: Mental Incapacity, the Electoral College, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, by James A. Herb, M.A., Esq.

Part II. The Trump Dilemma
Chapter 10. Should Psychiatrists Refrain from Commenting on Trump's Psychology?, by Leonard L. Glass, M.D., M.P.H.
Chapter 11. On Seeing What You See and Saying What You Know: A Psychiatrist's Responsibility, by Henry J. Friedman, M.D.
Chapter 12. The Issue is Dangerousness, not Mental Illness, by James Gilligan, M.D.
Chapter 13. A Clinical Case for the Dangerousness of Donald J. Trump, by Diane Jhueck, L.M.H.C., D.M.H.P.
Chapter 14. Health, Risk, and the Duty to Protect the Community, by Howard H. Covitz, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Chapter 15. New Opportunities for Therapy in the Age of Trump, by William J. Doherty, Ph.D.

Part III. The Trump Effect
Chapter 16. Trauma…