tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post1328628313725333185..comments2024-03-24T20:50:06.083-04:00Comments on Lessons in Psychology: Freedom, Liberation, and Reaction: The Personality Disorders are Different. A note on clinical and moral labels and Presidential psychopathology.Wynn Schwartz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-15446077763379910022020-03-30T16:35:40.262-04:002020-03-30T16:35:40.262-04:00Hello Dr Schwartz. Would be interested in how you...Hello Dr Schwartz. Would be interested in how you psychologically evaluated Mr Obama. I was not a fan, but I did tolerate the man even if I didn't agree with his approach. The most interesting visual memory of him that I recall was a smug arms crossed across body, and a head bounce up and down which really reminded me of Mussolini on the porch.Tommy M. MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227130257105491584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-27812737500185895702017-11-19T09:35:17.509-05:002017-11-19T09:35:17.509-05:00Bee Jay, Yes, I see your point but it is not exact...Bee Jay, Yes, I see your point but it is not exactly why I say he is bad. His "badness" is a moral judgment about his personal values and their implementation. His greed and wanton disregard for the plight and vulnerability of others can exist independently of anything I would qualify as a psychiatric illness. His illness, however, renders him less effective and self-aware in his greedy and vulgar actions. I am making the judgment that his pathologically disturbed judgment shows in his incompetence. Nonetheless, his life has a through-line of reprehensible significance. His moral failings may dovetail with his malignant narcissism but have separate standing. This distinction is also found in my separating concepts of "evil" from psychopathology. Should you be interested, I wrote about this earlier: "Choice, Sickness, and Evil. Some thoughts on clinical and moral language." http://freedomliberationreaction.blogspot.com/2015/04/choice-sickness-and-evil-thoughts-on.htmlWynn Schwartz, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-57756756010487684492017-11-19T05:48:41.521-05:002017-11-19T05:48:41.521-05:00Surely most commentators on Trump's psychology...Surely most commentators on Trump's psychology / behaviour suggest that he is BOTH sick and dangerous (the latter as a result of his sickness). It is not either / or. <br /><br />Nor am I sure how useful 'bad' is as a descriptor of person. But the effects of behaviour can be 'bad' - often for both the person with a mental illness and the people around him/her. In this particular instance, bad for the electorate and possibly the world population.<br /><br />It can be really difficult when confronted with reprehensible, destructive behaviour caused by a mental illness, especially where it impacts one personally or great swathes of people around one, to detachedly view that behaviour as pathological rather than 'bad'.barbafahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763599102232882397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-74451421945857357022017-10-23T11:59:06.744-04:002017-10-23T11:59:06.744-04:00This article really hit home for me. After studyin...This article really hit home for me. After studying clinical psychology for 5 years, I am starting to see so many things wrong with diagnosing everything and anything. What is the point of putting labels on people if it's not going to help them? I enjoyed this article.Thoughts for the Oddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072491512690268002noreply@blogger.com