by Bandy X. Lee
Luba Kessler, M.D.
Trump’s Daddy Issues: A Toxic Mix for America
Steve Wruble, M.D.
Trump and the American Collective Psyche
Thomas Singer, M.D.
Who Goes Trump? Tyranny as a Triumph of Narcissism
Elizabeth Mika, M.A., L.C.P.C.
The Loneliness of Fateful Decisions: Social and Psychological Vulnerability
Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D.
He’s Got the World in His Hands and His Finger on the Trigger: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Solution
Nanette Gartrell, M.D., and Dee Mosbacher, M.D., Ph.D.
EPILOGUE
Reaching Across Professions
Noam Chomsky, Ph.D., with Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div.
NOTES
APPENDIX
Transcript of the Yale Conference (online)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Our Witness to Malignant Normality.”
Copyright © 2017 by Robert Jay Lifton.
“Professions and Politics.”
Copyright © 2017 by Judith Lewis Herman and Bandy X. Lee.
“Our Duty to Warn.”
Copyright © 2017 by Bandy X. Lee.
“Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism: How the Leader of the Free World Has Proven Time and Again He Is Unfit for Duty.”
Copyright © 2017 by Philip Zimbardo and Rosemary Sword.
“Pathological Narcissism and Politics: A Lethal Mix.”
Copyright © 2017 by Craig Malkin.
Originally published in The Washington Post, May 16, 2017, and reproduced with permission. The original article is accessible at: www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-wrote-the-art-of-the-deal-with-trump-his-self-sabotage-is-rooted-in-his-past/?utm_term=.eedbc49db65e.
“I Wrote The Art of the Deal with Trump; His Self-Sabotage Is Rooted in His Past.”
Copyright © 2017 by Tony Schwartz
“Trump’s Trust Deficit Is the Core Problem.”
Copyright © 2017 by Gail Sheehy.
“Sociopathy.”
Copyright © 2017 by Lance Dodes.
“Donald Trump Is: A) Bad; B) Mad; C) All of the Above.”
Copyright © 2017 by John D. Gartner.
“Why ‘Crazy Like a Fox’ versus ‘Crazy Like a Crazy’ Really Matters: Delusional Disorder, Admiration of Brutal Dictators, the Nuclear Codes, and Trump.”
Copyright © 2017 by Michael J. Tansey.
“Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and POTUS.”
Copyright © 2017 by David M. Reiss.
“Donald J. Trump, Alleged Incapacitated Person: Mental Incapacity, the Electoral College, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.”
Copyright © 2017 by James A. Herb.
“Should Psychiatrists Refrain from Commenting on Trump’s Psychology?”
Copyright © 2017 by Leonard L. Glass.
“On Seeing What You See and Saying What You Know: A Psychiatrist’s Responsibility.”
Copyright © 2017 by Henry J. Friedman.
“The Issue Is Dangerousness, Not Mental Illness.”
Copyright © 2017 by James Gilligan.
“A Clinical Case for the Dangerousness of Donald J. Trump.”
Copyright © 2017 by Diane Jhueck.
“Health, Risk, and the Duty to Protect the Community.”
Copyright © 2017 by Howard H. Covitz.
“New Opportunities for Therapy in the Age of Trump.”
Copyright © 2017 by William J. Doherty.
“Trauma, Time, Truth, and Trump: How a President Freezes Healing and Promotes Crisis.”
Copyright © 2017 by Betty P. Teng.
“Trump Anxiety Disorder: The Trump Effect on the Mental Health of Half the Nation and Special Populations.”
Copyright © 2017 by Jennifer Contarino Panning.
“In Relationship with an Abusive President.”
Copyright © 2017 by Harper West.
“Birtherism and the Deployment of the Trumpian Mind-Set.”
Copyright © 2017 by Luba Kessler.
“Trump’s Daddy Issues: A Toxic Mix for America.”
Copyright © 2017 by Steve Wruble. Lyrics excerpted from “Beech Haven Ain’t My Home,” May 3, 1952, and “Beach Haven Race Hate,” 1954, written by Woody Guthrie. In 2016, at the invitation of Nora Guthrie, Ryan Harvey combined these two lyrics into one song titled “Old Man Trump” and put original music to it.
“Trump and the American Collective Psyche.”
Copyright © 2017 by Thomas Singer.
“Who Goes Trump? Tyranny as a Triumph of Narcissism.”
Copyright © 2017 by Elizabeth Mika.
“The Loneliness of Fateful Decisions: Social Contexts and Psychological Vulnerability.”
Copyright © 2017 by Edwin B. Fisher.
“He’s Got the World in His Hands and His Finger on the Trigger: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Solution.”
Copyright © 2017 by Nanette Gartrell and Dee Mosbacher.
Epilogue: “Reaching Across Professions.”
Copyright © 2017 by Noam Chomsky, with Bandy X. Lee.
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