Allen Frances
@allenfrancesmd
Author 'TWILIGHT OF AMERICAN SANITY, A PSYCHIATRIST ANALYZES THE AGE OF TRUMP'
'SAVING NORMAL'
Chair, DSM-IV Task Force.
Former Chair, Duke Dept of Psychiatry
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Frances 05-02-2013 19:56:32
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Darwin had 2 best insights in history of psychiatry: 1)Our behaviors are inherited from animal ancestors 2)Our motivations are mostly unconscious. Evolutionary psychiatry still best way to understand normal & abnormal behavior. 2 great free articles at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20515545/2…
Up til now, I've argued Trump is evil- not mentally ill. But latest rants go far beyond usual lies- suggest he's out of control/lost touch with reality. This makes him doubly dangerous/completely unpredictable. Great summary by Heather Cox Richardson: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-7-…
"Pathologizing grief is an insult to the dignity of loving relationships, proclaims grievers as mentally ill and will too often result in the careless prescription of antidepressants/other drugs" 🎯Joanne Cacciatoreⓥ Allen Frances thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…
Providing mental health services for kids in schools is a wonderful idea in theory- but it's largely a flop in practice. Programs divert very scarce resources away from the kids who most desperately need them. Here is best summary of issues & evidence: manhattan.institute/article/school…