says it all.

They are, however, disorders intractable to treatment and in strong forms, such as Trump constantly displays, disabling in a variety of ways. They can and do literally interfere with cognition so that even the abilities to process and react to information are disordered.

Donald isn't crazy, as the AMA indicates. But if you trusted him to take care of your cat while you were on vacation and the cat died, it'd be your fault. If he stole money you gave his charity to prevent blindness in children, you'd be at fault for not understanding his real inability to care about such things. And if you trusted him to oversee your business while you away, YOU'd be crazy.

A 70 year old man, while sober, who publically ridicules a disabled person, has more than a "personality disorder". He's stark, raving nuts.

Hell, it's obviously been irresistible. Hell, let the shrinks keep analyzing him from afar. It's not like he doesn't present enough material.

and should be able to certify that they are sane.
Seems only sane, no?

But agree these armchair docs aren't helping anyone.
Always seemed more of a self-promotion tactic

"it is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement. "

1. You can't make a diagnosis without proper evaluation of the person.
2. You cannot make a professional diagnosis public without authorization.

This is true with any profession in the public health field.

They can make general comments and answer general questions about mental illness or people with mental illness in general. But going on TV and specifically calling Trump "mentally ill" is not only unethical, but it risks litigation. Trump could potentially sue these experts for slander since they didn't perform an examination but are offering a professional diagnosis to the public.

...for a very long time, as I have, it doesn't take long to know whether or not you have to worry about a patient. I have been a pediatric nurse practitioner for 40 years. I can often tell, within moments of walking in an exam room, if a child has a serious illness or not. I won't know what they have until I have completed my exam, but I will likely know if it is clinically worrisome.

Ok, it will never happen, but still...........

to teach them how to manipulate the results to their advantage. Oh, wait they can afford it they will have them. Lie scales don't work if people know how to identify them.

Because he is so much smarter than everyone else.

Just pointing out that it would be an unworkable practice.

But I seriously believe that Trump is demented.

i seriously think it is alzheimer's myself.
w a hefty dose of personality disorder, sure. but he has a whole different world view than when he was younger.

something mentally wrong with this man. It could not be any more obvious.

Being ignorant, lazy, rejecting all criticism, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and xenophobic are not clinical conditions. If they were considered symptoms of a clinical diagnosis, what would happen to hate crime laws?

LOL

"Members should feel free, however, to nod sagely whenever someone says Mr. Trump is a fucking nutball loony toon space cadet."

as one might put it ...

Which I actually kind of agree with. I think most of us agree there's something seriously off with Trump, but saying "I am a psychiatrist/psychologist and I believe he's (a narcissist/psychopath) without an examination? Probably not helpful.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/bob/

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as schizophrenia, depression etc. Ergo, I am in total agreement with the APA on this.

Do yo mean to say he has a personality disorder that isn't one of the 6 types of personality disorder maintained in the shift to DSM-5?

Something like personality disorder-trait specified? Which is really a lot like the 'not otherwise specified' in previous editions?

Public diagnosing at a distance like this is unethical and unprofessional.

in his book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:

"There's something wrong with her."

Donald Trump: There's something wrong with him.

Billionaire Mark Cuban has said he thinks Trump is bat-shit crazy and I agree with Cuban's diagnosis.

"There's nothing to figure out, General Turgidson. This man is obviously a psychotic."

"We-he-ell, uh, I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in."

However, Dr. Drew Pinsky went on CNN and said Bi-Polar because of Trump's recent mania. I love it - disagreeing over what disorder Trump has - but all agreeing he definitely has a disorder. Add a touch of dementia to the mix.

researched, if he was bipolar, he would have crashed into a depressive state long ago. nobody can maintain a manic state that long. anybody else here live with this? as awful as the manic phases are, the downs, with my mom as an example, can be SO profound that only extreme measures will work to bring back some measure of balance. she had ECT three times over a 25 year span, and it was the ONLY thing that brought her back from severe catatonic depression.

If he got elected, Trump would be in command of our military, and be the head of our government's law-enforcement and prosecutors. And he would have the nation's nuclear codes.

And to be blunt, I do not think that Trump's mental health is up to the task. I do not want his finger on the Button.

So explain to me why Trump's mental fitness is not appropriate to discuss?