[FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill?

[Carter Charbonneau]

http://lesswrong.com/lw/2as/diseased_thinking_dissolving_questions_about/

Seriously, what's the point of diagnosing him?
On Jan 10, 2017 11:55 PM, "Jochen Fromm" <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:

> I posted this on Google+, since we have a lot of psychologists here you
> might be interested too?
>
> Psychologists, therapists and mental health professionals seem to be
> fascinated and terrified alike by the new president who has not only become
> a brand, but is nothing but a brand:
>
> 1. he seems to be a textbook case of a narcissistic personality disorder
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/is-donald-
> trump-mentally_b_13693174.html
>
> 2. he was elected although he imitates the behavior of an massive Internet
> troll
> https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-embodied-mind/
> 201701/unified-theory-trump
>
> 3. he displays a total lack of honesty and truth-telling
> http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/
>
> All DSM-5 criteria of a narcissistic personality disorder seem to be
> fulfilled. Should we be worried? What do you think? He shows a clear need
> for instant retaliation if someone criticizes him, which is obviously some
> form a narcissistic rage. It is clearly more than a self-serving bias, and
> such a deep personality disorder is not harmless at all.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias
>
> The problem is he is in a position where he can pull the strings now, as
> the commander in chief of the most powerful army. The US has about 2000
> nuclear weapons on high alert, and there is a soldier with the nuclear
> football following the president at all times. What could go wrong?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football
>
> -Jochen
>
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