The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President—Updated and Expanded with New Essays (in 2019) . . . concludes:
“President Donald Trump is dangerously mentally ill and that he presents a clear and present danger to the nation. . . . From the trauma people have experience under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristic of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. It’s not in our heads. It’s in his.”
These experts agree that Donald Trump exhibits classic symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5) defines NPD as, “a persistent manner of grandiosity, a continuous desire for admiration, along with a lack of empathy. It starts in early adulthood and occurs in a range of situations, as signified by the existence of any 5 of the next 9 standards,
- A grandiose logic of self-importance
- A fixation with fantasies of infinite success, control, brilliance, beauty or idyllic love
- A credence that he or she is extraordinary and exceptional and can only be understood by, or should connect with, other extraordinary or important people or institutions
- A desire for unwarranted admiration
- A sense of entitlement
- Interpersonal oppressive behavior
- No form of empathy
- Resentment of others or a conviction that others are resentful of him or her
- A display of egotistical and conceited behavior or attitudes”
That’s 9 for 9 folks: Narcissistic Personality Disorder on steroids! We don’t need the President of the America Psychiatric Association to make this call!
DSM5 does not use “Malignant.” Campbell’s Psychiatric Dictionary describes Malignant Narcissism as combining characteristics of Narcissistic and Antisocial Personality Disorders, making the patient not only delusional but potentially dangerous!
Donald J. Trump’s ever-expanding litany of delusional thinking, ill-conceived acts and policies, factual inaccuracies, and outright lies pose hazards to The United States of America and our World!
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