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What a load of crap.Johns Hopkins' Top Psychologist Releases Terrifying Diagnosis of President Trump
So Dr. Gartner violates the Goldwater Doctrine of not diagnosing a patient he has not been involved with, but the article is fascinating. I believe attracts many followers, including some on this board, because they are simpatico: "malignant narcissism." Such illness cannot be cured. Such people are indeed scary and dangerous.
Let's see who responds.
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John D. Gartner, a psychotherapist who teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, told US News that he believes Trump has “malignant narcissism,” which is incurable, and different from narcissistic personality disorder. Gartner violated the “Goldwater Rule” of the psychology profession, in which a diagnosis of a public figure without personally examining them, and without their consent, is considered unethical.
“Donald Trump is dangerously mentally ill and temperamentally incapable of being president,” Gartner said, citing his movements and behavior, pointing out the president’s tendency for grandiosity, sadism, aggressiveness, paranoia, and anti-social behavioral patterns.
“We’ve seen enough public behavior by Donald Trump now that we can make this diagnosis indisputably,” Gartner added.
Indeed, the diagnosis fits the bill of Psychology Today’s definition of malignant narcissism, which, when described, sounds like Donald Trump almost to the letter. Carrie Barron, M.D., who wrote the magazine’s blog on Malignant Narcissism, says the disorder “renders these individuals scary, dangerous, and ruthless.”
He' s being a troll.