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John D. Gartner is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, author, political activist, and former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School.

Education

Gartner graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, received a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, then completed his post-doctoral training at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.[1]

Career

Gartner is a psychotherapist with private practices in Baltimore and Manhattan,[2] where he specialized in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder and depression. He was a part-time professor, until 2015, for 28 years at Johns Hopkins University Medical School,[3] and is a widely published author of books, and of articles for scientific and other journals.[4]

Political activism

2017 mental fitness for Office of President Trump petition

Further information: Goldwater rule

In the first months of 2017 Gartner collected the signatures of more than 25,000 mental health professionals. The petition, "Mental Health Professionals Declare Trump is Mentally Ill And Must Be Removed", was sent to the Minority leader, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York.[5] At the end of April 2017, Gartner sent the petition to Washington D.C., with more than 41,000 signatures.[3]

The petition's declaration stated that: We, the undersigned mental health professionals (please state your degree), believe in our professional judgment that Donald Trump manifests a serious mental illness that renders him psychologically incapable of competently discharging the duties of President of the United States. And we respectfully request he be removed from office, according to article 4 of the 25th amendment to the Constitution, which states that the president will be replaced if he is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".[6]

According to Gartner, Trump's mental handicaps are a mixture of narcissism, paranoia, sociopathy and a measure of sadism.[7]

Duty to Warn

In 2017, Gartner founded Duty To Warn, an organization of mental health professionals and laypersons who consider it their duty to warn patients, clients and the community-at-large, when aware of potential danger.[8][9]

Bibliography

Gartner is the author of numerous scholarly articles and several books, including:

References

  1. ^ "John D Gartner Bio". johngartner.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Shrinks Battle Over Diagnosing Donald Trump". Psychology Today. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Bulman, May (April 21, 2017). "Donald Trump has 'dangerous mental illness', say psychiatry experts at Yale conference". The Independent. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "Dr. John Gartner, PHD, Psychologist, Baltimore, MD, 21204".
  5. ^ Willingham, Emily (February 19, 2017). "he Trump Psych Debate: Is It Wrong To Say He's Mentally Ill?". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Mental Health Professionals Declare Trump is Mentally Ill And Must Be Removed", Change.org petition, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  7. ^ Devega, Chauncey (June 13, 2018). "Psychologist John Gartner on Trump's behavior: 'It's a coup that's not moving slowly anymore'". Salon.
  8. ^ "The Elephant in the Room" by Rosemary K.M. Sword and Philip Zimbardo, PhD., Psychology Today, February 27, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  9. ^ Sanders, Linley (October 14, 2017). "President Trump is Unstable, Dangerous and Could Start Nuclear War, Doctors Warn". Newsweek. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "The Hypomanic Edge". Publishers Weekly. 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  11. ^ Karlgaard, Rich (Jun 2, 2006). "Blessed Are the Hypomanic". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  12. ^ Yardley, Jonathan (October 26, 2008). "Jonathan Yardley on 'In Search of Bill Clinton'". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

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