FWD: Bush on the couch

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>From the NETDYNAM List:
 
Bush on the Couch, by Justin A. Frank, M.D., Regan Books, 2004

>From  page 200:

"A careful consideration of the evidence sugests that behind  Bush's affable
exterior operates a powerful but obscure delusional system  that drives his
behavior.  The most precise psychiatric term to describe  his pathology is
most frequently used to identify a particular condition  exhibited by
schizophrenics that, as we'll see, has broader applications as  well:
megalomania."

Not being schizophrenic, Bush would presumably be  diagnosed with a
personality disorder if he came under evaluation.   Narcissistic, antisocial,
paranoid, and schizoid personality disorders are  all possibilities.  Alas,
Frank doesn't tell.  There is, however, a  wonderful essay that may already
have been posted to this list regarding  Bush's schizoid tendencies (oddly,
without ever using the word  schizoid):

http://www.ctheory.net/text_file.asp?pick=427

Personally,  I'm betting on antisocial pesonality disorder.
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kwp

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