Under the DSM-5, the diagnosis of a personality disorder requires a finding that a person suffers "clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning."

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The only prominent mental-health professional I know of who has ever disputed that @realDonaldTrump suffers from a Cluster B personality disorder such as Narcissistic Personality Disorder is Allen Frances, who argued that ...

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... @realDonaldTrump isn't impaired in his social or occupational functioning, even though he's unquestionably a "world-class narcissist."
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George Conway

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8 Oct

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This is important. It won't pass as long as Trump is president or the Republicans control the Senate, but, given the nation's experiences with the current deranged chief executive, it's a reform that should be given strong consideration.

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A brief explainer: As a default, Section 4 vests power in the Vice President and the Cabinet to make a determination of a president's inability to carry out his or her duties. But ...

... it gives Congress the option of creating another body to make that determination. That could be some group of legislators, or a group of experts—whatever Congress provides by law.

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George Conway

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5 Oct

I thought if might be helpful once again to review the DSM-5's criteria for antisocial personality disorder, or sociopathy.

There are seven principal criteria and it takes only *three* to determine that someone has this very serious disorder. The seven criteria are:

1. “Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest.”
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