Experts question Trump' s Mental State

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I wonder if there's any way I can be medically put into a coma for the next 4 years or more.

The letter to the NYT has been republished (it's not produced by the NYT), the authors chose that medium because it has the biggest circulation of US printmedia

I agree that you can't formally diagnose anyone via media exposure.
What the psychiatrists are advising is that the common traits observed on a consistent basis indicate that Trump demonstrates a "strong" inability to tolerate views different to his own or empathise with how others are feeling. The pattern is indicative of individuals who distort reality attacking facts as a form of self-medication...(its no big secret Trump attacks plenty of people based on his own opinions rather than fact)

One (out of many hundred) example is the disproportionate amount of time President Trump spends on twitter attacking B-grade Hollywood celebrities (and just about anyone who disagrees with him) in an almost childish (and spiteful) manner when he should be responsibly dedicating his time serving the US people dealing with major issues such as jobs, trade, taxes, health and education.

It amuses me that people with no formal training in mental health can project their personal objection of a assessment by a Professor of psychiatry in Harvard medical School and in turn question the entire field of psychiatry on the basis that the subject of the assessment is Donald Trump.

I guess with Trump he's a package deal

Does questioning armchair diagnosis via media exposure actually question the entire filed of psychiatry, or rather just a very tiny fringe portion of it? If using Twitter to rebut someone is really a sign of mental illness, wouldn't mean diagnosing most twitter users as mentally ill? And does making a few Tweets a day really use up all of someone's time and energy? Or isn't there really just a minuscule amount of time involved?

Diagnostic criteria includes objective observation of how a person Like Trump behaves in public. It's not just his twitter feed, the observations include his speeches and his public behavior. Harvard professors of psychiatry we are talking the cream of mental health specialists on a global level. Hardly what I would call "armchair opinion"

To me it's still observation based on TV and Twitter. When I talk about armchair opinion, I mean diagnosing from a laptop based on TV appearances. Personally I think that's the sort of thing the cream of mental health specialists would steer clear of. Far as I know doctors don't usually go around broadcasting what they think someone's condcondition is, unless they're doing it for publicity like Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew etc.

The man is 70 years old and ran a multifaceted business empire for decades, but has never experienced any significant consequences that people with significant mental health issues experience.

Exactly where can I read up on the specific diagnostic-criteria for myself ? The DSM-V ? Have you looked into the actual diagnostic-criteria for yourself ? Will you tell me in which pages of the DSM they are ?
Exactly which Harvard-Professors are we talking about ? I hear George Bush also came out of Harvard.
I would like the specific names of these Harvard-Professors of Psychiatry and sources that claim they are.

One distinction with running a private business empire is you don't need any morals or ethics. For example Trump has declared bankrupt around 5 times causing many in his business to lose their jobs and thousands of shareholders losing money and probably a few jumping out of buildings. If he does the same to the US economy then he can go and hide in Trump Towers while the US economy goes bankrupt

refer to my previous posts in this thread

The distinction you're giving is not a consequence of mental illness nor is it a lack morals and ethics for that matter. Another president who had declared bankruptcy was Abraham Lincoln. Along with him many celebrated business pioneers such as Milton Hershey, Walt Disney, Henry Ford etc filed for bankruptcy numerous times.

At this point I'll expect you to bring up Hitler in conjunction with Disney and Ford, just as I expected you to bring up bankruptcy. Because theses same things get brought up over and over again by so many. But the thing is, they don't really prove anything. It's really more a matter of witch hunt type finger pointing. I don't have to be a fan of Trump to see these things for what they are.

You are trying to tell me that a newspaper is a credible source of information ?
The New York Times of all things (the one that all of the other MSM news-outlets simply copy from).
I know «professionals» within the psychological-industry and, unless you have actually met a particular subject or client in-person, the courts and other such departments will not accept the evaluation.

Furthermore, you are NOT answering my question, but simply dodging my question. Have YOU personally «double-checked» the information being brought forth by those so-called Harvard-professors from an ACTUAL DSM-manual yourself ? What PAGE (of the DSM itself) can I find these diagnoses ? I am asking for the MEDICAL-CRITERIA and not a newspaper-article. I want the FULL report. Something like this...

Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
Come to think of it do you even have a DSM-Manual ?P.S.: Within your very own link I think you should pay attention to a very important word... opinion.
https : // www . nytimes . com / 2017 / 02 / 13 / opinion / mental-health-professionals-warn-about-trump.html

I think his mental state is pretty evident from his behaviour and his addresses to the public. What's interesting is the mass acceptance of someone who is clearly in need of assistance.

I'd say the masses experiencing Trump Derangement Syndrome are really the ones in need of assistance.

Can you define Trump Derangement Syndrome, just so we have our terms right.

Try looking it up.