The Psychology of Trump Contagion: An Existential Danger to American Democracy and All Humankind Paperback – September 2, 2024

Dr Bandy X Lee is a forensic psychiatrist and awesome author and brings awareness to a to public to begin to teach us what is happening in current events and the importance of Mental Fitness in Leadership. Especially as it relates to these times.

Informative

I gave this book 4 stars for its excellent content and critically important message. However, this book desperately needs a professional editor. There are so many punctuation and grammatical errors (eg subject-verb disagreement) and flat-out wrong word usages (eg that instead of than, myself instead of me, quintessential instead of essential, etc) that I found myself correcting the text as I read it. I am on Ch. 6 (page 77) and there hasn't been a single page that didn't have at least two errors. Very distracting. Worse -- it undercuts the critically important and dire message. (Was it rushed to the printer?) Still a very worthy read, but I expected much more attention to detail from this author.

Timely book

Dr. Bandy X. Lee and her colleagues in mental health should be highly commended for having the courage needed to stay true to their ethical code as they've clearly done through offering this book. We live in America today under a dark cloud of social mistrust and defensiveness that by themselves may distort how we see the world and those who differ from us. Dr. Lee shows us through this insightful work a further consequence of our social polarization and the very real danger it represents to society, our democracy, and the future.

This book describes the situation in which we find ourselves in 2024. There are scary details in some chapters but the chapters at the end show recommendations for saving ourselves that left me feeling grateful for life. Bandy Lee is a wonderful author. READ THROUGH TO THE END!

Dr. Lee will eventually be known historically, as a foundational force in addressing societal mental health issues. Unfortunately, Our society is not ready to consciously get on board with her ideas. But the day will come, hopefully as a tipping point, sooner than later.

Trump's actions make no sense when he is viewed as a businessman or politician. However, as soon as you understand he's mentally ill, suffering from multiple major pyschiatric disorders, his actions are immediately understandable and the stuff nightmares are made of.