Hal M. Brown, MSW's psychological analysis of Donald Trump from Google AI, and more.

 

AI Overview of my psychological analysis of Donald Trump from Google.

The phrase “Trump mentally ill psychopathic malignant narcissist Hal Brown MSW” refers to the opinions and analysis of

Hal Brown, an MSW (Master of Social Work) and retired psychotherapist, who has written extensively on the subject of Donald Trump’s mental state.

Hal Brown, along with other mental health professionals, has publicly expressed the view that Donald Trump exhibits signs of serious mental health issues, specifically characterizing him as a “psychopathic sadistic malignant narcissist” who is “dangerously mentally ill” and “unfit for office”. His views are often shared in blog posts on platforms like Daily Kos and Substack.

Key points regarding these claims:

• Professional Opinion: Brown is a mental health professional (retired) who writes from his perspective as a clinician.
• Public Stance: He is associated with the “Duty to Warn” movement, a group of mental health professionals who have argued that mental health experts have a professional and ethical responsibility to alert the public to the dangers they perceive in Trump’s behavior.
• Ethical Considerations: Mainstream psychiatric and psychological associations generally adhere to the Goldwater Rule, an ethical guideline stating that it is irresponsible for mental health professionals to give a professional opinion about public figures they have not personally examined and for whom they have not obtained consent to discuss their mental health. Brown and others in the “Duty to Warn” group argue that this rule should not prevent professionals from speaking out when they perceive a danger to the public.
• Formal Diagnosis: As Brown has not personally examined Donald Trump, his assessments are not formal clinical diagnoses in a medical sense but rather professional opinions based on Trump’s public behavior and statements.

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Hal Brown, MSW (Master of Social Work), a retired psychotherapist, who has written numerous online articles and blog posts arguing that Donald Trump is a “mentally ill, psychopathic, sadistic, malignant narcissist”.

Hal Brown is known for his contributions to the discussion regarding Donald Trump’s mental health, particularly within the context of the “Duty to Warn” movement. This movement involved mental health professionals who believed they had an ethical obligation to inform the public about what they perceived as Donald Trump’s psychological instability and potential danger, despite the traditional “Goldwater Rule” (which advises against diagnosing public figures without a personal examination and consent).

Brown’s arguments are presented in his writings on platforms like Substack and Medium, where he analyzes Trump’s behavior and statements through the lens of mental health concepts, such as malignant narcissism and psychopathy. His assessment is an individual professional opinion and part of a broader, ongoing public debate among mental health professionals about the ethics and validity of diagnosing a public figure from afar.1

AI Overview of my psychological analysis of Donald Trump from Google.

The phrase “Trump mentally ill psychopathic malignant narcissist Hal Brown MSW” refers to the opinions and analysis of

Hal Brown, an MSW (Master of Social Work) and retired psychotherapist, who has written extensively on the subject of Donald Trump’s mental state.

Hal Brown, along with other mental health professionals, has publicly expressed the view that Donald Trump exhibits signs of serious mental health issues, specifically characterizing him as a “psychopathic sadistic malignant narcissist” who is “dangerously mentally ill” and “unfit for office”. His views are often shared in blog posts on platforms like Daily Kos and Substack.

Key points regarding these claims:

• Professional Opinion: Brown is a mental health professional (retired) who writes from his perspective as a clinician.
• Public Stance: He is associated with the “Duty to Warn” movement, a group of mental health professionals who have argued that mental health experts have a professional and ethical responsibility to alert the public to the dangers they perceive in Trump’s behavior.
• Ethical Considerations: Mainstream psychiatric and psychological associations generally adhere to the Goldwater Rule, an ethical guideline stating that it is irresponsible for mental health professionals to give a professional opinion about public figures they have not personally examined and for whom they have not obtained consent to discuss their mental health. Brown and others in the “Duty to Warn” group argue that this rule should not prevent professionals from speaking out when they perceive a danger to the public.
• Formal Diagnosis: As Brown has not personally examined Donald Trump, his assessments are not formal clinical diagnoses in a medical sense but rather professional opinions based on Trump’s public behavior and statements.

More:

Hal Brown, MSW (Master of Social Work), a retired psychotherapist, who has written numerous online articles and blog posts arguing that Donald Trump is a “mentally ill, psychopathic, sadistic, malignant narcissist”.

Hal Brown is known for his contributions to the discussion regarding Donald Trump’s mental health, particularly within the context of the “Duty to Warn” movement. This movement involved mental health professionals who believed they had an ethical obligation to inform the public about what they perceived as Donald Trump’s psychological instability and potential danger, despite the traditional “Goldwater Rule” (which advises against diagnosing public figures without a personal examination and consent).

Brown’s arguments are presented in his writings on platforms like Substack and Medium, where he analyzes Trump’s behavior and statements through the lens of mental health concepts, such as malignant narcissism and psychopathy. His assessment is an individual professional opinion and part of a broader, ongoing public debate among mental health professionals about the ethics and validity of diagnosing a public figure from afar.

The following in not from AI:

I began writing about what I considered to be Trump's dangerous psychopatholgy in 2016 in Daily Kos here. Note the comments on this post.

This is one of the noteworthy comments to my Kos article:

Silverheels

Aug 06, 2016 at 10:33:46 AM

I’m not a medical or psychiatric professional.  I simply lived 18 years under the same roof and at the mercy of two parents who showed me what sociopaths and malignant narcissists look like when they’re just being themselves, with no one watching who might be important enough or professionally trained enough in the field of behavioral disorders to actually apply those diagnoses with some authority.  

Starting in the 1980’s and beyond, we’ve had access to many pieces of literature and appearances by experts on venues such as Oprah, specifically intended to help the lay person (with the emphasis on women) recognize someone who was dangerous to their life.  

There wasn’t a lot of emphasis on terminology in most of those offerings, although the names of the personality disorders that can inflict such damage on others were certainly mentioned and characteristics for each were given.  It was only then, after decades of trying to figure out what had happened to me and my siblings and how it had impacted us as adults (starting with PTSD, major depression, and panic disorder) that I actually learned the terminology for behaviors I had witnessed all my life.  

The irony is that when someone with a personality disorder can be tricked or forced into sitting in front of a mental professional, they usually never behave in the way they do in private, when they’re “just being themselves” in the company of those they are victimizing.   When they need to, they usually have the ability to be “charming” or at least “very nice.”  

As individuals, in our private lives, we have to decide whether we want to allow a particular person into our life, or to remain in our life, based on what they’ve been willing to show us and tell us about who they are.  We want to know if we will be safe in a relationship with them, whatever that relationship might be.  

As a nation, we are now faced with the decision as to whether someone that most of us would never allow to be a part of our personal, private life in any capacity, is someone we want to vote for to do the hardest job in the world.  Whether or not you decide to attach a label to him, he is showing us exactly who and what he is.  Extraordinarily dangerous.  

I summarized what I wrote in Daily Kos and more in a column I wrote for Capitol Hill Bue.

While I was one of the first clnicians to join Dr. John D. Gartner's Duty to Warn Group in 2017. I never rose to the level of national prominence he, Dr. Mary Trump, Dr. Bandy Lee (who edited the best seller "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump") and several other clincians did. My only national media exposure was in Salon where their columnist Chaucey DeVega quoted me in several aritcles and had me on his podcast. Here's an example:

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