Treatment Recommendations
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Mild Case
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Moderate Case
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Severe Case
Trump Derangement Syndrome can be treated, if psychiatrists (and other mental health professionals) are now able to identify it by its diagnostic criteria being included in the DSM. People who fit into the categories of mild, moderate or severe TDS are unlikely to seek treatment for it, unless they recognize that it is making their life difficult by
causing significant distress or impairment in social, familial, academic, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Therefore, it is more likely that friends, spouses, children, other family members, coworkers, supervisors or other authorities would recommend that they get help. In the case of severe TDS, it may be law enforcement or court rulings that direct the person to get help.
Logic-Based Therapy
(Only for Mild Cases of TDS)
Describing things that Trump has already done that will benefit them (such as Executive Orders) is of limited usefulness because an individual with TDS is illogical.
They will always have a retort to even the most personally beneficial orders - such as improvements to the economy or creating safer cities. But Logic-Based Therapy or Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy is worth attempting for people who have a mild case of TDS because it can help improve emotional regulation, reduce ruminating thoughts, cognitive distortions and maladaptive behaviors.
Individual Psychotherapy
(For all Cases of TDS)
Therapy should not be directly focused on trying to change their mind about Trump, because they will simply leave therapy. Instead, it should be directed at their underlying problems and frustrations that make them vulnerable to suffer from TDS or cause them to project their anger onto Trump. For example, therapy can help men cope with their masculine insecurity issues, or help women cope with their dysfunctional relationships with men.
Couples and Family Therapy
(For all Cases of TDS that cause relationship and/or family issues)
Couples Therapy can be helpful if it focuses on the behaviors that the TDS spouse exhibits, rather than their beliefs. TDS has been responsible for countless divorces, when one person has the disorder and makes life very difficult for the spouse who doesn’t suffer from it. The goal of Couples Therapy for TDS is to find a way to coexist and not argue about their different political beliefs, nor be impacted by the actions of the TDS spouse.
Family Therapy is similarly helpful when the family member with TDS is making life difficult for the other family members. By not focusing on TDS beliefs, but rather on the disturbing behaviors that are destroying family cohesion and making the family dysfunctional, there can be harmony and progress.
Medication (For Moderate and Major Cases - Under the care of a psychiatrist)
When the individual with TDS is exhibiting behavior that is potentially harmful to themselves or others, or if they are losing touch with reality, or have associated psychiatric symptoms that aren’t responding quickly enough to psychotherapy, then adding the appropriate medication could be helpful.