Mental Health Professionals Warn of Trump's Increasing Instability

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2. Dangerouscase.org: (already publicly posted, so no 4 paragraph limit)

THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
In a historically unprecedented fashion, we have come together as mental health experts to warn that Mr. Trump, in the office of the president, is a danger to national and international security.

Usually, we mental health professionals have an ethical rule against diagnosing public figures unless we have personally examined them and gained their consent. However, in an emergency, we have a superseding rule. When a person is a danger to others, we have a duty to report, a duty to warn, and a duty to protect potential victims. This is because, as health professionals, we are charged with protecting the health and well-being of the public as well as our patients.

A diagnosis is irrelevant when someone is dangerous. We need first to contain the person, to remove any access to weapons, and to perform an urgent evaluation. Mr. Trump has already shown numerous signs that he is dangerous. From our perspective, his personal characteristics, combined with the power of the office and his access to the nuclear arsenal, put the ultimate safety and survival of humanity at risk.

One of our mandates as mental health professionals is to improve public health through education: we have an obligation to speak out when something is not normal. The mission of our National Coalition of Concerned Mental Health Experts is to inform and educate in all sectors from the public to the governmental.

Pressure tends to make unstable people worse. Collectively, we warn that the worst is coming. Anyone as mentally unstable as this man simply should not be entrusted with the life-and-death powers of the presidency.

Help us to take action now.