周日早上，美国有线电视新闻网的一个有争议的片段中，杜克大学精神病学系的前主任要求专业人士停止用“心理骂人”来谈论唐纳德·特朗普总统的精神健康
艾伦·弗朗西斯博士美国理智的曙光，周日出现在布莱恩·斯特勒特的美国有线电视新闻网节目中，反击耶鲁医学院的一名精神病学教授和其他几名精神卫生专业人士，他们经常出现在有线新闻网上，根据特朗普反复无常的行为和公众评论，从远处“诊断”特朗普。斯特勒后来在社交媒体上遭到嘲笑，因为他允许弗朗西斯博士宣称“特朗普在本世纪和希特勒、斯大林和毛泽东在上个世纪一样具有破坏性。”
周日下午，斯特尔特受到指责“技术难题”使他无法听到弗朗西斯博士将自己与20世纪凶残的独裁者相提并论，并为没有打断有争议的评论而道歉。几名精神病学家周日出现在MSNBC和其他网络上，指责特朗普是自恋者和“成功的反社会者”，以及其他负面心理健康诊断。
“我认为政治医学化有三个非常可怕的后果，”弗朗西斯博士周日早上告诉斯特尔特，警告同事不要从远处诊断特朗普。
“首先是它羞辱了精神病患者。我认识成千上万的病人，几乎所有人都是行为良好、彬彬有礼、善良的人——特朗普不是这些人。”
“把精神病患者和特朗普混在一起是对精神病患者的极大侮辱，他们有足够的问题和污名，”他补充道。斯特尔特向一位前精神病医生客人指出，她“从未见过”特朗普本人。
“第二个问题是称特朗普为‘疯子’，这掩盖了一个事实，即我们疯狂地选举了他，更疯狂的是让他疯狂的政策持续下去，”弗朗西斯博士继续说道。“特朗普在本世纪和希特勒、斯大林和毛泽东在上个世纪一样具有破坏性。他可能要对数百万人的死亡负责。他需要被控制住。但他需要通过攻击他的政策而不是攻击他的个人来控制自己。”
几个右翼推特账户其他专家猛烈抨击弗朗西斯博士的主张，指出毛泽东、希特勒和斯大林都应对数千万人的死亡负责，促使斯特尔特周日下午道歉。
弗朗西斯博士接着说，不向富人征税或让共和党人阻止气候变化立法是“疯狂的”。
“用心理骂人的话讨论这个问题会分散我们投票的注意力，”他在题为“小心特朗普的不稳定性”的部分补充道
周日早些时候在MSNBC我是乔伊该项目中，哈佛大学退休临床精神病学家兰斯·多德斯博士诊断唐纳德·特朗普有一个“基本心理问题”，导致他寻求俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的男性认可。
“唐纳德·特朗普确实有一个基本的心理问题，”他说。“他需要一直被爱，他需要一直对每个人都有权力。一旦你把这个想法记下来，他其余的行为和讲话就有意义了...他是一个极其成功的反社会者。”
弗朗西斯博士在结束这一部分时说，特朗普“永远不会因为精神不健康而被免职”...这永远不会发生。”
周日，美国有线电视新闻网的一个有争议的部分报道了一名精神病学家，他要求专业人士停止用“心理骂人”来谈论唐纳德·特朗普总统的心理健康
乔治·康威，特朗普政府的凯莱恩·康威的丈夫，一直是总统精神健康最常见的批评者之一恶性自恋者。康威经常指出心理学研究和书籍，他说特朗普的精神疾病通过他怪异的行为或自我迷恋表现得很明显。
PSYCHIATRIST WARNS CNN AGAINST DIAGNOSING TRUMP'S MENTAL HEALTH
Acontroversial CNN segment Sunday morning featured the former head of Duke University's Psychiatry Department demanding professionals stop discussing President Donald Trump's mental health in terms of "psychological name-calling."
Dr. Allen Frances, author of Twilight of American Sanity, appeared on Brian Stelter's CNN program Sunday to push back against a Yale School of Medicine psychiatry professor and several other mental health professionals who often appear on cable news networks to "diagnose" Trump from afar based on his frequently erratic behavior and public comments. Stelter was later ridiculed on social media for allowing Dr. Frances to claim "Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin and Mao were in the last century."
On Sunday afternoon, Stelter blamed "tech difficulties" that kept him from hearing Dr. Frances' comparisons to the murderous 20th Century dictators and apologized for not interrupting the controversial commentary. Several psychiatrists appeared on MSNBC and other networks Sunday accusing Trump of being a narcissist and a "successful sociopath" along with other negative mental health diagnoses.
"I think medicalizing politics has three very dire consequences," Dr. Frances told Stelter Sunday morning, warning colleagues against diagnosing Trump from afar.
"The first is it stigmatizes the mentally ill. I've known thousands of patients, almost all of them have been well-behaved, well-mannered, good people—Trump is none of these."
"Lumping in the mentally ill with Trump is a terrible insult to the mentally ill and they have enough problems and stigma as it is," he added. Stelter noted to a previous psychiatrist guest that she'd "never met" Trump in person.
"The second issue is calling Trump 'crazy' hides the fact that we're crazy for having elected him and even crazier for allowing his crazy policies to persist," Dr. Frances continued. "Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin and Mao were in the last century. He may be more responsible for millions of more deaths than they were. He needs to be contained. But he needs to be contained by attacking his policies and not his person."
Several right-wing Twitter accounts and other pundits pounced on Dr. Frances' claim, noting Mao, Hitler and Stalin were each responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, prompting the apology from Stelter Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Frances went on to say it's only "crazy" not to tax the rich or to have Republicans block climate change legislation.
"Discussing the issue in psychological name-calling terms distracts us from getting out the vote," he added in the segment entitled, "Tiptoeing Around Trump's Instability."
Earlier Sunday on MSNBC's AM Joy program, retired Harvard clinical psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes diagnosed Donald Trump as having a "fundamental psychological problem" that causes him to seek male approval from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Donald Trump does have a fundamental psychological problem," he said. "He needs to be loved all the time, he needs to have power over everyone all the time. Once you get that idea down, the rest of his behavior and his speech makes sense...He's an extremely successful sociopath."
Dr. Frances concluded the segment by saying Trump will "never be removed from office on the grounds of mental unfitness...that will never happen."
A controversial CNN segment Sunday featured a psychiatrist demanding professionals stop discussing President Donald Trump's mental health in terms of "psychological name-calling."
George Conway, husband to the Trump administration's Kellyanne Conway, has been one of the most frequent critics of the president's mental health, labeling him a "malignant narcissist." Conway routinely points to psychological studies and books in which he says Trump's mental illnesses are evident through his bizarre behavior or self-infatuation.
