As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and
dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new
essays bringing the book up to date--because this is still not normal.
Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international onlookers
wanted to know: What is wrong with him?
That question still plagues us. The Trump administration has proven as
chaotic and destructive as its opponents feared, and the man at the
center of it all remains a cipher.
Constrained by the APA's "Goldwater rule," which inhibits mental health
professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally
examined, many of those qualified to weigh in on the issue have shied
away from discussing it at all. The public has thus been left to wonder
whether he is mad, bad, or both.
The prestigious mental health experts who have contributed to the
revised and updated version of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
argue that their moral and civic "duty to warn" supersedes professional
neutrality. Whatever affects him, affects the nation: From the trauma
people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like
characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental
health consequences across our nation and beyond. With eight new essays
(about one hundred pages of new material), this edition will cover the
dangerous ramifications of Trump's unnatural state.
It's not all in our heads. It's in his.