Trump niece’s claim about president’s mental health backed by Yale psychiatrist

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A Yale psychiatrist has supported Mary Trump’s claims that the president – her uncle – may have severe mental health issues and is not fit to lead the US.

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Dr Trump, a clinical psychologist, claimed she believes her uncle may suffer from a number of mental issues in her new book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.

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“I have no problem calling Donald a narcissist – he meets all nine criteria as outlined in the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders,” she writes in the book.

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Dr Trump also suggests that Mr Trump “meets the criteria for antisocial personality disorder” and “may also meet some of the criteria for dependent personality disorder”.

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Bandy X Lee, a Yale psychiatrist who has fiercely campaigned to warn people about the president’s mental since the 2016 election, said on Thursday that she was “delighted” that Dr Trump had drawn the same conclusions about the president’s mental health in an interview with Salon

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“Any honest and competent mental health professional has come to the same conclusion,” she said.

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