Mental Health Professionals Warn of Trump's Increasing Instability

Democracy Now
December 8, 2017

"There are Thousands of Us":
Mental Health Professionals Warn of Trump's Increasing Instability


On Friday, December 8, "Democracy Now" did a two-part interview with Dr. Bandy Lee, a forensic psychiatrist on the faculty of Yale School of Medicine, who edited the best-selling book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President"


(From the Democracy Now transcript of Part 2 of the interview with Dr. Bandy Lee)


AMY GOODMAN;
"Last month, Pentagon leaders told a Senate Panel they would ignore any unlawful order by President Donald Trump to launch a nuclear strike.
The testimony came as part of the first congressional hearings in more than 40 years on the president's authority to start a nuclear war.
This is Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy:"

SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
"We are concerned that the President of the United States is so unstable, is so volatile, has a decision-making process that is so quixotic, that he might order a nuclear weapon strike that is wildly out of step with U.S. national security interests."

AMY GOODMAN:
"Well, for more, we're joined by someone who's led a discussion of mental health professionals who are deeply concerned about President Trump's psychological instability.
Dr. Bandy Lee is a forensic psychiatrist on the faculty of Yale School of Medicine, an internationally recognized expert on violence.
She organized the "Duty to Warn" conference at Yale and edited the book:
"The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President"
The book became a best-seller the instant it was published in October, sold out, resupplied, sold out again.
Dr. Bandy Lee is with us to talk about the issues raised by these 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts.
Of course, it's now many, many more, not just people who participated in this book.

What are your deepest concerns about President Trump?
And have you had concerns about, oh, presidents you agree with and disagree with, mental health concerns before?"

DR. BANDY LEE:
"Well, it;s actually historically unprecedented that so many mental health professionals have come forth with their concerns, under any president, of any party.
So it really is the first time that this many mental health professionals are coming together in a coalition.
We even have a website now, 'Dangerous Case.org', where the public and lawmakers can discourse with us.
There are thousands of us at this point."

Read more:
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/8/there_are_thousands_of_us_mental


Home page of "Dangerous Case" (National Coalition Of Concerned Mental Health Experts)
https://dangerouscase.org