The Trump Psych Debate: Is It Wrong To Say He's Mentally Ill?
Is Donald Trump mentally unwell, and if so, should anything be done about it? If you’re psychologist John Gartner, the answer to that question is such a resounding “yes” that the obvious response is an online petition summoning your colleagues to demand Trump's removal from office.
Gartner, who spent 20 years at Johns Hopkins and now practices privately, has accrued more than 25,000 signatures on his petition, which addresses U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Whether or not any, all or most of the signatories are indeed mental health professionals has not been confirmed.
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We’ve had lots of presidents with mental health issues that “wouldn’t disqualify and might even enhance” their ability to perform their duties, he said. But, he added, the Trump situation is “from a psychiatric point of view the absolute worst-case scenario … if I were to take the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and try to create a Frankenstein’s monster of the most dangerous and destructive leader and had freedom to create any combination of diagnosis and symptoms,” Trump would be the result.