Pretty Desperate Stuff

The Donald is mentally ill.

Clinton was, of course, Trump’s political opponent, but some psychologists have now started questioning his state of mind.

Until recently, psychologists weren’t allowed to assess public figures and talk to journalists about their findings. But this rule is noe[sic] being cast aside and mental health experts are speaking out about Trump.

In a bid to warn the public, psychologists are publishing their diagnoses of Trump. Most recently, John D. Gartner said Trump “is dangerously mentally ill and temperamentally incapable of being president.”

He believes Trump shows signs of “malignant narcissism,” which is defined as a mix of narcissism, antisocial personality disorder, aggression and sadism in Campbells’ Psychiatric Dictionary.

Wow! I mean, seriously wow. I suppose it is arguable that anyone who enters politics has something wrong with their psyche – after all, what sane person would want to enter that particular bear pit. But this…

I have to say, I’d be very wary of seeing a shrink who went about diagnosing people he has never met and then publicising his findings. Not to be relied upon at all.

But, yeah, this is really desperate stuff – much like the remainer campaigns we’ve been seeing this side of the pond. These people really don’t take losing at all well.

The University of Glasgow’s Professor of Psychiatry Daniel Smith told The Independent: “It’s considered not very ethical or good practice to comment on things like this if you’ve never assessed the individual. It’s also important to remember that there’s a difference between personality disorder and mental illness.”

Quite.

But nonetheless, as more psychologists speak out, the more worrying the situation appears.

Nah, not really.