Table of Contents
Foreword To The Second Edition The Dire Warning of Mental Health Experts Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D. XIX
Prologue To The Second Edition Professions and Activism Stephen Soldz, Ph.D., Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M. Div. XXVII
Foreword To The First Edition Our Witness to Malignant Normality Robert jay Lifton, M.D. XLVII
Prologue To The First Edition Professions and Politics Judith Lewis Herman, M.D., Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div. XLVII
Introduction Our Duty to Warn and to Protect Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div. 1
Part 1 The Trump Phenomenon 19
Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism: How the Leader of the Free World Has Proven Time and Again He Is Unfit for Duty Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., Rosemary Sword 21
Pathological Narcissism and Politics: A Lethal Mix Craig Malkin, Ph.D. 46
I Wrote The Art of the Deal with Donald Trump: His Self-Sabotage Is Rooted in His Past Tony Schwartz 64
Trump's Trust Deficit Is the Core Problem Gail Sheehy, Ph.D. 70
Sociopathy Lance Bodes, M.D.78
Donald Trump Is: (A) Bad, (B) Mad, (C) All of the Above John D. Gartner, Ph.D. 88
Why "Crazy Like a Fox" versus "Crazy Like a Crazy" Really Matters: Delusional Disorder, Admiration of Brutal Dictators, the Nuclear Codes, and Trump Michael J. Tansey, Ph.D.104
Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Potus David M. Reiss, M.D. 120
Donald J. Trump, Alleged Incapacitated Person: Mental Incapacity, the Electoral College, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment James A. Herb, M.A., Esq. 130
Part 2 The Trump Dilemma 143
Should Psychiatrists Refrain from Commenting on Trump's Psychology? Leonard L. Glass, M.D., M.P.H. 145
On Seeing What You See and Saying What You Know: A Psychiatrist's Responsibility Henry J. Friedman, M.D. 154
The Issue Is Dangerousness, Not Mental Illness James Gilligan, M.D. 163
A Clinical Case for the Dangerousness of Donald J. Trump Diane Jhueck, L.M.H.C., D.M.H.P. 174
Health, Risk, and the Duty to Protect the Community Howard H. Covitz, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. 191
New Opportunities for Therapy in the Age of Trump William J. Doherty, Ph.D. 203
Part 3 The Trump Effect 211
Trauma, Time, Truth, and Trump: How a President Freezes Healing and Promotes Crisis Betty P. Teng, M.F.A., L.M.S.W. 213
Trump Anxiety Disorder: The Trump Effect on the Mental Health of Half the Nation and Special Populations Jennifer Contarino Panning, Psy.D. 228
In Relationship with an Abusive President Harper West, M.A., L.L.P. 237
Birtherism and the Deployment of the Trumpian Mind-Set Luba Kessler, M.D. 254
Trump's Daddy issues; A Toxic Mix for America Steve Wruble, M.D. 261
Trump and the American Collective Psyche Thomas Singer, M.D. 273
Who Goes Trump? Tyranny as a Triumph of Narcissism Elizabeth Mika, M.A., L.C.P.C. 289
The Loneliness of Fateful Decisions: Social Contexts and Psychological Vulnerability Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D. 309
He's Got the World in His Hands and His Finger on the Trigger: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Solution Nanette Gartrell, M.D., Dee Mosbacher, M.D., Ph.D. 332
Part 4 Sociocultural Consequences 345
Persistent Enslavement Systemic Trauma: The Deleterious Impact of Trump's Rhetoric on Black and Brown People Kevin Washington, Ph.D. 347
Traumatic Consequences for Immigrant Populations in the United States Rosa Maria Bramble, L.C.S.W. 360
To Trump, Some Lives Matter Ellyn Uram Kaschak, Ph.D. 373
The Charismatic Leader-Follower Relationship and Trump's Base Jerrold M. Post, M.D. 385
Part 5 Humanity's Perpetuation and Survival 397
The Myth of Nuclear War James R. Merikangas, M.D., with Tarannum M. Lateef, M.D. 399
The Age of Thanatos: Environmental Consequences of the Trump Presidency Lise Van Susteren, M.D., H. Steven Moffic, M.D. 412
The Goldwater Rule and the Silence of American Psychiatry: A 2017 Symposium Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.P.H 425
Is the Commander in Chief Fit to Serve? A Nonpartisan Test that Marries U.S. Army Leadership Standards with Psychoanalytic Theory Prudence Gourguechon, M.D. 437
Disordered Minds: Democracy as a Defense Against Dangerous Personalities Ian Hughes, Ph.D. 446
Congress Should Establish an Alternative Body to Assess the President Norman Eisen, Esq. Richard Painter, Esq. 458
Epilogue Reaching Beyond the Professions Noam Chomsky, Ph.D., with Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div. 471
Appendix Transcript of the Yale Conference (online) 479