Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div. Forensic Psychiatrist, Yale School of Medicine Project Group Leader, World Health Organization Violence Prevention Alliance Degrees from Yale, internship at Bellevue, Chief Resident at Mass. General, Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Fellow of the National Institute of Mental Health. Taught at Yale Law School for over fifteen years. Spearheaded prison reform projects, including Rikers Island jail. Author of over one hundred peer-reviewed articles and chapters, editor of over a dozen academic books, and author of the textbook Violence.

Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. Lecturer in Psychiatry, Columbia University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Leading psychohistorian, known for studies of doctors aiding Nazi war crimes and work with Hiroshima survivors. Outspoken critic of the American Psychological Association’s aiding of government-sanctioned torture and opponent of nuclear weapons. Research areas: psychological causes and effects of war and political violence, theory of thought reform.

Gail Sheehy, Ph.D. Author, Journalist, Popular Lecturer 17 books written in a 50-year career, including the influential Passages. Original contributor to New York Magazine and Vanity Fair. Award winner, including three honorary doctorates and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Commented on political figures, including a biography of Hillary Clinton.

William J. Doherty, Ph.D. Professor of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota Director, Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project and the Citizen Professional Center Authored the Citizen Therapist Manifesto Against Trumpism. Founder of Citizen Therapists for Democracy. Senior Fellow with Better Angels, an organization devoted to depolarizing America. Pioneered medical family therapy, received the American Family Therapy Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

Noam Chomsky Laureate Professor, University of Arizona Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT Author of numerous bestselling political works. Widely credited with revolutionizing modern linguistics.

Judith Lewis Herman, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University Renowned Traumatic Stress Studies expert, author of Trauma and Recovery. Co-Founder and Former Director of Training, Cambridge Health Alliance Victims of Violence Program. Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Recipient of numerous awards, including the American Medical Women’s Association Award and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Lifetime Achievement Award. Authored a letter to President Obama requesting a neuropsychiatric evaluation of President-elect Trump.

Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Stanford University Scholar, Educator, Researcher. Known for the Stanford prison study. Author of The Lucifer Effect and psychology textbooks. Founder and President, The Heroic Imagination Project. Researches the effects of time perspectives and time perspective therapy.

Rosemary Sword Codeveloper of Time Perspective Therapy and coauthor of The Time Cure, The Time Cure Therapist Guidebook, Time Perspective Therapy: Transforming Zimbardo’s Temporal Theory into Clinical Practice, Living and Loving Better, and Time Perspective Therapy: An Evolutionary Therapy for PTSD.

Craig Malkin, Ph.D. Author of Rethinking Narcissism, clinical psychologist, and Lecturer for Harvard Medical School. 25 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families. Insights on relationships and narcissism featured in major publications. Featured on NPR, CBS Radio, and the Oprah Winfrey Network channel. President and Director, YM Psychotherapy and Consultation, Inc.

Tony Schwartz Founder and CEO, The Energy Project Consultancy that helps leaders transform. Delivered keynotes, workshops, and trainings globally. Author of over 100 articles for the Harvard Business Review, including “Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time.” Author of bestselling books including The Power of Full Engagement and The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working. Journalist for The New York Times, Newsweek, New York magazine, and Esquire.

Lance Dodes, M.D. Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Retired Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Author of academic articles and book chapters on addiction, and books: The Heart of Addiction; Breaking Addiction; and The Sober Truth. Honored by the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School for “Distinguished Contribution” to the study and treatment of addictive behavior. Elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.

John D. Gartner, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Taught in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University Medical School for 28 years. Author of In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography and The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot of) Success in America. Practices in Baltimore and New York.

Michael J. Tansey, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Author, Teacher Graduate of Harvard University and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Assistant Professor teaching and supervising students, interns, residents, and post-doctoral fellows. Over 35 years in private practice. Co-author of Understanding Countertransference. Written numerous professional journal articles and blog posts.

David M. Reiss, M.D. Attended Northwestern University (Chemical/Biomedical Engineering; Medical School). Private psychiatric practice in California since 1982. Evaluated/treated over 12,000 persons. Served as Interim Medical Director of Providence Hospital (MA). Associated with the Brattleboro Retreat (VT). California Qualified Medical Examiner. Member of professional organizations including the Society for Exploration of Psychotherapeutic Integration, Sports Lawyers Association and International Psychohistory Association. Appeared in all media formats addressing clinical issues and psychological aspects of social and political phenomena.

James A. Herb, M.A., Esq. Practiced law in Florida for 40 years. Florida Supreme Court certified circuit court mediator, and a certificated arbitrator. Professional member of the National College of Probate Judges. Author of four chapters in Florida law practice books. Chaired or spoken at more than 50 legal seminars.

Leonard L. Glass, M.D., M.P.H. Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Part-time), Harvard Medical School. Senior Attending Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital. Former President, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (resigned in protest of the Goldwater Rule). Written professionally about the psychology of men, psychiatric casualties of large groups, and boundary issues in psychotherapy. Authored popular articles about spectator violence at sporting events and road rage.

Henry J. Friedman, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Part-time), Harvard Medical School On the Editorial Boards of Psychoanalytic Quarterly, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Main interests in the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis and analytic psychotherapy. Chair of “Meet the Author” at the Biannual Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

James Gilligan, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Adjunct Professor of Law, and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Sciences, New York University Renowned Violence Studies expert, author of Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes, Preventing Violence, and Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous than Others. Served as Director of Bridgewater State Hospital, Director of Mental Health for the Massachusetts prison system, President of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. Consultant to President Clinton, Tony Blair, Kofi Annan, the World Court, the World Health Organization, and the World Economic Forum.

Diane Jhueck, L.M.H.C., D.M.H.P. Operated a private therapy practice for several decades. Performs mental health evaluations and detentions on individuals presenting as a danger to self or others. Former women’s specialist at the United Nations. Founded The Women’s and Children’s Free Restaurant. Founded the People’s AIDS Project. Assistant Regional Manager for Feeding America. Directed agencies addressing food aid, domestic violence, anti-apartheid, low income housing, and LGBTQ rights.

Howard H. Covitz PhD, ABPP Combined the practice of psychoanalysis with other interests. Taught university-level Mathematics, Psychology, and Biblical Characterology. Training Analyst and Director at the Psychoanalytic Studies Institute and Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies. Ran a school for disturbed inner city adolescents. Author of Oedipal Paradigms in Collision.

Betty P. Teng, M.F.A., L.M.S.W. Trauma Therapist, Office of Victims Services, a major hospital in lower Manhattan Psychoanalytic training and practice at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Award-winning screenwriter and editor whose credits include films by Ang Lee, Robert Altman, and Mike Nichols.

Jennifer Contarino Panning, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Owner, Mindful Psychology Associates Specializes in mood disorders, eating disorders, college student mental health, stress and trauma. Utilizes CBT, mindfulness, and DBT, and trained in clinical hypnosis.

Harper West, M.A., L.L.P. Licensed Psychotherapist Developer of Self-Acceptance Psychology. Author of the award-winning self-help book Pack Leader Psychology.

Luba Kessler, M.D. Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst in private practice Post-graduate training and faculty appointments in psychiatry at Hillside Hospital and psychoanalysis at NYU Psychoanalytic Institute. Editor of Issues in Education for The American Psychoanalyst.

Steve Wruble, M.D. Board-certified Child and Adult Psychiatrist in private practice Specializes in anxiety disorders, trauma, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders. Accomplished singer-songwriter and storyteller, winner of The Moth StorySLAM.

Thomas Singer, M.D. Psychiatrist and Jungian Psychoanalyst Serves on Social Security’s Hearing and Appeals Mental Impairment Disability team. Interests include the relationship between myth, politics, and psyche. Editor of a series of books exploring cultural complexes. Current President of National ARAS.

Elizabeth Mika, M.A., LCPC Gifted Resources in Northern Illinois Specializes in assessment and counseling of gifted children and adults. Professional interests include creativity and mental health, learning differences and styles, multiple exceptionalities, and the emotional and moral development of the gifted.

Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Past-president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and editor of Principles and Concepts of Behavioral Medicine. Written on community and peer support, various health conditions, psychopathology, and the relationship between mental illness and physical disease.

Nanette Gartrell, MD. Psychiatrist, Researcher, Writer Formerly on the faculties of Harvard Medical School and University of California, San Francisco. 47 years of scientific investigations focused on sexual minority parent families. Led groundbreaking investigations into sexual misconduct by physicians.

Dee Mosbacher, M.D., Ph.D. Psychiatrist and Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Formerly on the faculty of University of California, San Francisco. Specialized in the treatment of patients with severe mental illness. Served as San Mateo County’s Medical Director for Mental Health.