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Here is a real video of what I was trying to illustrate: in the first 1.5 minutes, a young man describes how reality started to become distant (at first, you

A reporter whose grandparents were refugees from Nazi Germany related to me: “I cannot help but remember a conversation I had with my grandfather ... about the firebombing of Dresden,

DEBATE MENTAL HEALTH ANALYSIS HERE. My usual disclaimer: I speak about mental health aspects without diagnosing, but as a part of fulfilling my responsibility to society. I do not speak

October surprise on Oct. 1.What to look out for: Hope Hicks is great co-conspirator; he could elicit sympathy and prayers. No more debates, and just before election he can be

Here are my LIVE psychological commentary on the Presidential Debates! My usual disclaimers: I am responding to my professional societal responsibility in speaking about a public figure. If you are

Here is more of what you can do at this time:3. Band together around the problem.APA misinformation has not allowed the politicians/ media/public discourse to touch on psychological danger, but

The president could enter a “psychotic spiral,” as narcissism expert Dr. Craig Malkin has noted, but I gauge delusion outside a clinical context through the social psychology or public health

His meltdown is inevitable. The question then becomes, will we all go down with him, or salvage ourselves at the same time as getting him some real help? The sooner

Immediate responses, and limit setting, are key to psychological management, for a president as well as the public, so that fair elections can happen. Doing nothing under fatalism that he

In case it is helpful:1. Stating someone does not have a mental illness IS a diagnosis.2. Dangerousness is NOT a diagnosis (but an assessment we do MORE OFTEN than diagnosis).3.

Yet another major journalist had ALL my extensive quotes taken out of his article, until the article itself barely says anything. This is from the “liberal” mainstream media: censorship is

Yes, this kind of presentation is very familiar to us. Yes, it is a presentation we often see only in the hospital. Yes, he met criteria for hospitalization long ago.