Live Session with Dr. Lee: New Series
Next Meeting Tomorrow, August 16, 2024, at Noon Eastern Time
Announcement:
Dr. Bandy X. Lee will hold a live session on:
“How do We Recover Our Democracy?
Democracy as a Sign of Collective Mental Health”
Tomorrow, August 16, 2024, at 12 noon EDT/9 a.m. PDT on Zoom. A paid subscription is required to receive a link the morning before. Thank you!
Dr. Lee is a forensic psychiatrist, social psychiatrist, and expert on violence who became known to the public in 2017 with her book, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President. Since then, she has endeavored to warn the American public of the societal dangers that would result from someone like Donald Trump being given the powers of the U.S. presidency. Trump is challenged where he can least tolerate it: her crowd size is bigger than his! What does this mean for a man who will remain on the ballot, no matter his mental deterioration? What does this mean for an election whose results he will not accept unless he wins? Please join us to discuss the phenomenon of: The Psychology of Trump Contagion: An Existential Threat to American Democracy and All Humankind, Dr. Lee’s new book, instantly available through paid subscription or by ebook.
What will narcissistic collapse look like for tffg? His recent diminished functional ability portends depression?? What will MAGA do in that case?? Thank God he doesn’t have all the power of POTUS in his hands.
Dear Dr. Lee: I've tried to connect with you through your website and through this forum, but to no avail as yet. My question seeks your assistance in trying to locate psychological studies that document the often employed statistic of the incidence of sociopathy at 4%, or one in 25 people.
The reason I need to know the basis of that statistic is that I think it grossly underestimates the incidence of sociopathy, indeed, by an order of magnitude. I don't make that assertion lightly. I've spent my entire adult life as a lawyer, and half that time as counsel to judges in criminal cases involving the imposition of the death penalty.
I've seen more than my fair share of sociopaths. and I suggest that the incidence of sociopathy in the American population is not one in 25, but rather 10 in 25, or 40%. how else does one explain Donald Trump's level of support? Either the people who support him are sociopaths, or have no problem supporting and electing a sociopath, in which case there's really not much difference. Can you point me to such studies? I thank you in advance.