The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

By: Gail Sheehy • Noam Chomsky • Tony Schwartz • Judith Lewis Herman • James Gilligan • Philip Zimbardo • Nanette Gartrell • John D. Gartner • Edwin B. Fisher • Robert Jay Lifton • William J. Doherty • Esq. • Lance Dodes • M. P. H. • Rosemary Sword • Bandy X. Lee • Craig Malkin • Michael J. Tansey • David M. Reiss • Henry J. Friedman • Jennifer Contarino Panning Psy.D. • Luba Kessler • Steve Wruble • Thomas Singer • Dee Mosbacher • Leonard L. Glass • Howard H. Covitz • James A. Herb M.A. • Diane Jhueck L.M.H.C. • D.M.H.P. • A.B.P.P. • Betty P. Teng M.F.A. • L.M.S.W. • Harper West M.A. • L. L. P. • Elizabeth Mika M.A. • L.C.P.C.

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Synopsis

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.

A New York Times Bestseller

Copyright:: 2017 Bandy X. Lee, Robert Jay Lifton, Gail Sheehy, William J. Doherty, Noam Chomsky, Judith Lewis Herman, Philip Zimbardo, Rosemary Sword, Craig Malkin, Tony Schwartz, Lance Dodes, John D. Gartner, Michael J. Tansey, David M. Reiss, James A. Herb M. A. Esq., Le

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Book Quality:
ISBN-13:: 9781250179463
Publisher:: St. Martin's Press
Date of Addition:: 2018-03-05T18:18:48Z
Language:: English
Categories:: Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Psychology,
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.