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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 12:07 PM Apr 2019

Trump's cognitive deficits seem worse. We need to know if he has dementia: Psychologist

We see signs that the president's abilities are declining, but the only way to find out for sure is to give him a full neuropsychological evaluation.

If Donald Trump were your father, you would run, not walk, to a neurologist for an evaluation of his cognitive health. You don’t have to be a doctor to see something is very wrong. “He reminds me of Uncle Bruce in so many ways,” said my aunt, who nursed her brother through Alzheimer’s disease. Joe Scarborough, who has known Trump for years, said in 2017 that Trump's mental confusion reminded him of his mother, who had Alzheimer's for 10 years. “It's getting worse, and not a single person who works for him doesn’t know he has early signs of dementia,” he said of Trump last year on his MSNBC show.

To mental health professionals like me, the red flags are waving wildly. In January 2018, over 70 of us wrote a letter to the president’s physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson, urging him to administer a cognitive exam during the president’s physical because we had seen a marked deterioration in his verbal functioning, possibly due to cognitive decline.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/09/does-donald-trump-have-dementia-we-need-know-psychologist-column/3404007002/

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Trump's cognitive deficits seem worse. We need to know if he has dementia: Psychologist (Original Post) douglas9 Apr 2019 OP
How would we know the results? tikka Apr 2019 #1
His problem is, aside from any dementia symptoms, he is quite stupid dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #2
I think that Trump is mentally ill, watoos Apr 2019 #3
Interesting point -I love the uneducated! Dream Girl Apr 2019 #6
Except he never would have had the courage to go. N/t ginnyinWI Apr 2019 #7
He's fully capable of being the biggest Asshole on the planet 24/7. maxsolomon Apr 2019 #4
It's his "stay out of state jail" card ... Lock individual1 up Apr 2019 #5
You would think that someone in his family would have enough concern for him Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #8

tikka

(762 posts)
1. How would we know the results?
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 01:14 PM
Apr 2019

They would whitewash the result like they have been doing with Traitor 45's physicals. The last physical still listed him as being 6'3". He's shorter in picture than Beavis Jr. who is 6'1".

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. His problem is, aside from any dementia symptoms, he is quite stupid
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 02:06 PM
Apr 2019

AND has a severe psychiatric problem.

OUR problem is we tend to laff at the stupid things he does, even when some of those things are quite probably dementia related, and we tend to get angry at the narcissistic behaviors, even tho they are part of his psychiatric symptoms.

worse yet, this combination of problems make it impossible for anyone to successfully intervene and offer treatment.

We have to look at his behavior as a President problem, not as a personal problem.

the Constitution offers 2 modes of addressing a severely dysfunctional law-breaking President....impeachment and the 25th Amendment.
For either of those to be effective, we need majority votes in both Congressional chambers.

Meanwhile, those who people like Miller, Yertle, Hannity, etc who can manipulate trump, will continue to do so, at the expense of the rest of us.
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
3. I think that Trump is mentally ill,
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 02:24 PM
Apr 2019

but I don't think that he is stupid. I think that he acts stupid to appeal to his base, to be accepted by them.

Trump is a con man, he would have been a snake oil salesman in the Wild West.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
6. Interesting point -I love the uneducated!
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 03:12 PM
Apr 2019

He knows how stupid his base is so part of it is schtick

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
4. He's fully capable of being the biggest Asshole on the planet 24/7.
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 02:50 PM
Apr 2019

That's how he sees his job, Mr. Psychologist, and so do all his fellow Republican politicians.

It ain't going to happen. He's president until we vote him out.

 
5. It's his "stay out of state jail" card ...
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 02:54 PM
Apr 2019

Last resort to keep tweeting on his golden bowl instead of behind bars sittin' on his bed.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
8. You would think that someone in his family would have enough concern for him
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 09:48 PM
Apr 2019

to get him to a medical professional for help. He needs to be diagnosed and begin treatment. There are therapies and medications currently available to arrest and even slow the progression of dementia. You would think someone that cares for him would be concerned enough about what is best for him medically, that they would want to have him evaluated and undertake treatment as soon as possible. Left ignored, dementia will progress until neuronal damage occurs to other parts of the body.

Soon, it won't be a question of corruption/collusion/lawlessness. It will cease to be a legal matter and become a medical issue that cannot be overlooked or ignored.

Face it, if this was a member of your family, you'd move heaven and get them into care and treatments. The people around him cannot continue to ignore his deteriorating state of mind.

I can't stand him personally, but you'd think his family would want to see him get help.

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