{"product_id":"the-dangerous-case-of-donald-trump-27-psychiatrists-and-mental-health-experts-assess-a-president","title":"The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times bestseller! More than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists offer their consensus view that Trumps mental state presents a clear and present danger to our nation and individual well-being.  This is not normal.  Since the start of Donald Trumps presidential run  one question has quietly but urgently permeated the observations of concerned citizens: What is wrong with him? Constrained by the American Psychiatric Associations 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. Trumps case  their moral and civic duty to warn America supersedes professional neutrality. They then explore Trumps symptoms and potentially relevant diagnoses to find a complex  if also dangerously mad  man.  Philip Zimbardo and Rosemary Sword  for instance  explain Trumps 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.  Its not all in our heads. Its 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945318150197,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250179459","price":28.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250179456_e32e43af-5557-4695-919d-a1e23605b4ee.jpg?v=1771010588","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-dangerous-case-of-donald-trump-27-psychiatrists-and-mental-health-experts-assess-a-president","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}