In retrospect those of us at Duty to Warn should have called Trump a narcissistic sociopathBy Hal Brown, MSW
Duty to Warn (website) is a group composed of mental health professionals and others formed by clinical psychologist to want about Trump's dangerous pathology. It was originally advocated for this removal from office through the 25th Amendment. It was formed by Dr. John D. Gartner (Wikipedia profile). He was the first mental health professional to describe in the media why Trump fit the criteria for being a malignant narcissist. This was way back in 2017.
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Here's a YouTube report about Gartner's diagnosis:
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I also wrote about this in 2020.
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Here's the first page of a web search on DuckDuckGo for Trump malignant narcissist:
While this was true it wasn't a good descriptor as far as conveying to the general public what Trump was. My contention ins that we are talking about marketing concepts here, about words that have the most impact on the general public. Sociopath and sociopathic have more impact than narcissism. Some writers, even those who weren't mental health professionals like George Conway put the later into their articles: NEWSWEEK
Donald Trump's Pathological Narcissism and Sociopathy Leave Him Unable to Function as a Proper President, Says George Conway
Here's another Newsweek article, this one form 2019:
Trump Is a 'Successful Sociopath' and a Predator Who 'Lacks a Conscience and Lacks Empathy,' Says Former Harvard Psychiatrist
My point is that "sociopath" should have been used much more frequently.
The far better term is finally being used:
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