Duty To Inform, led by Vince Greenwood, Ph.D, creates & disseminates information on the interface between psychology and our current politics https://t.co/DUEKUWx67x
Oct 5 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
What more do you need to know about Donald Trump to appreciate—and to communicate to others—the danger he represents?
The More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 40 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Warn Anew, edited by @BandyXLee1. OUT NOW. #Paperback #Kindleamzn.to/4ewF0uS
Many still underestimate the danger Trump represents, in large part because mainstream media have failed to cover the scientifically backed findings of mental health professionals. I explain the science behind Trump’s dangerous personality disorder here: drvincentgreenwood-89455.medium.com/the-science-be…
Sep 12 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 We’ve said it before: Trump’s morally unfit to be president because he’s a prisoner of a severe & distinct personality disorder called clinical psychopathy or malignant narcissism. At the debate, he couldn’t help but check the boxes on the core traits of a clinical psychopath:
✅ Pathological lying/gaslighting
Sep 9 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Based on extensive clinical observations & mounting scientific evidence, it's clear Donald Trump is both cognitively and morally unfit to be president.
Here, I suggest some ways VP Harris might hammer those points home in Tuesday's debate and beyond: drvincentgreenwood-89455.medium.com/debate-tips-to…
(2/6) SUGGESTION: Hold a mirror up to his COGNITIVE UNFITNESS by focusing on four domains of his functioning.
a) Train of thought: “You say your mind ‘weaves,’ but it feels like you’re leaving yarn all over the floor.”
b) Memory: “When you seem to mix up people, not just names, I worry about your well-being.”
c) Complexity of thought: “Many of your past advisers and cabinet officers are on the record in warning the public that you are just no longer capable of addressing thorny problems. Doesn’t that concern you?”
d) Use of language: “In the past, you didn’t usually have trouble pronouncing words, repeating yourself, or using the right word.”
Jul 5, 2022 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
🧵Shortly after Trump’s election in 2016, many mental health professionals spoke out about what they saw as the new president’s unfitness for office. Many associated Trump’s behaviors with particular psychological vulnerabilities that, in turn, predicted dangerousness. (1/x)
By doing so, these professionals were flirting with violation of an ethical provision of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) called the Goldwater Rule, which prohibits professionals from diagnosing anyone they have not personally examined. #GoldwaterRule (2/x)
Dec 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
When Marshall Law and Insurrection Act are trending nearly 6 weeks after a General Election, we clearly see the power of a psychopath--aided and abetted by Fox News, talk radio, social media and a #ComplicitGOP--to shape events.
We remain in danger in large part because of a party that enables Trump, who could not mount his assault on US democracy without the support of the GOP establishment and the new Retrumplicans.
11 Ways Trump’s Condition Undermines Our Republic By Vince Greenwood, Ph.D. -- a thread:
#DutyToInform#DutyToWarn#UnfitToBePresident1. Because of his greater than normal need for stimulation and impulsivity, disruptions to our government’s legal, financial, and administrative functions will accumulate.