Michael Bader, D.M.H.

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Writings on the Psychology of Politics


Medium.com

Why Did So Many of Us Cry During the Democratic Convention?, 2020

Trump’s Germaphobia vs. Covid-19, 2020

Secrets and Lies: Decoding the Dangerous Mind of Donald Trump, 2020

Trump and the Psychology of the Victim, 2019

Trump and the Psychology of Grievance, 2019

Trump’s Psyche Under Pressure, 2019

A Psychologist Analyzes ‘Trump Fatigue’, 2019

“Shooters Are Just Crazy”: Republicans’ Ignorant and Hypocritical Concerns About Mental Illness, 2019

The Psychology of Donald Trump is Hiding in Plain Sight, 2018

Going to the Heart of the Matter:  Peter Gabel Argues for a Psycho-Spiritual Politics, 2018

We Need More Than Bread And Butter, 2015


Salon.com

Paul Krugman has it backwards: Hillary supporters are the ones in a fantasy world, 2016


HuffingtonPost.com

Why Progressive Leaders Feel Like Imposters, 2015

The Science of Addiction and Recovery, 2015

It’s Not the Economy, Stupid!, 2015

Robert Kuttner Isn’t the Only One Who Needs to Hear More Prophetic Voices, 2015

Who is Speaking Up for the Insured? Progressives are Missing the Boat, 2013

The Hypocrisy Behind the Gun Lobby’s Focus on Mental Illness, 2012

No Virginia–AT&T Just Seems Like the Great Satan, 2012


AlterNet.org

It Will Take a Political Revolution to Cure the Epidemic of Depression, 2018

You Don’t Need to Be a Shrink To Understand Trump’s Mind, 2017

Psychoanalyzing Donald Trump, 2017

The Breakdown of Empathy and the Political Right in America:  What child psychology can teach us about the current GOP, 2016

Is Universal Basic Income a Powerful Strategy Against Job-Killing Automation? Andy Stern Thinks So, 2016

Trump, Sanders, and the Longing for Authenticity, 2016

Paul Krugman is Flirting With Irrelevance, 2016

It Is Paul Krugman Who Lives in a Fantasy World, Not Bernie Supporters, 2016

How Can We Stop America’s Deadly Epidemic of Loneliness?, 2016

A Psychologist Puts Trump and the GOP on the Couch, 2015

Why Some People Act in Mean and Offensive Ways Toward Immigrant Children, 2014

The Surprising Reason Americans Might Feel Helpless and Depressed
, 2014

Go Deep, Not Thin, to Win, 2013

Why We Need to Have Empathy for Tea Party Lunatics, 2010

The Psychology of the Right-Wing’s Anti-Government ‘Death-Panel’ Delusions, 2009

When We Talk About Health Care, We’re Forgetting One Important Group: The Already Insured, 2009

The Soul-Crushing Malaise of the 1950s Killed the American Dream, 2009

Economic PTSD:  The Psychological Effects of the Recession, 2009

I’m Tired of Being Cool: Understanding My Love Affair With Barack Obama,  2008


Tikkun Magazine

Suffer the Little Children, Summer 2018

Transforming Trade Unions:  A Psychotherapist’s Insights, Winter 2011

Post-Traumatic Love Syndrome, vol. 17, no. 1, 2002.

What’s Love Got To Do With It? … Everything, vol. 16, no. 5, 2001.

High Crimes and Jerry Springer: The Psychopathology of a Public Hanging, vol. 13, no. 6, 1998

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: the Psychological and Social Problem of Altruism, vol. 13, no. 5, 1998.

Selfishness and the Politics of Meaning, vol. 13, no. 3, 1998.

Post-Modernism and Psychoanalysis: Fiddling While Rome Burns, vol. 12, no. 2, 1997.

Why Can’t the Left Take Yes for an Answer?, vol. 11, no. 5, 1996.

The Psychodynamics of Cynicism, vol. 11, no. 3, 1996.

Helping the Patient Get Better: Psychoanalysis, Optimism, and Social Change, vol. 9, no. 3, 1994.

The Nature of Mental Illness: A Response to Reginald Zelnik’s ‘On Schizophrenia, Reductionism, and Family Responsibility, 1990.

Is Psychiatry Going Out of Its Mind?, vol. 4, no. 4, 1989.

Looking for Addictions in All the Wrong Places, vol. 3, no. 6, 1988.

The Wooly Mammoth Fights Back, vol. 2, no. 2, 1987


LA Progressive

Can Progressives Talk About Love Without Embarrassment? April 24, 2020


TheUnion.com

We are all alone together, October 23, 2017

Flooded with altruism, Sept 09, 2017

Forgiveness is overrated, November 21, 2016

People want to be healthy, September 6, 2016

Narcissism and the empty self, May 30, 2016

Waiting for the doctor is bad for everybody, April 25, 2016

Loneliness is a public health issue, April 18, 2016

Overcoming the imposter syndrome, March 21, 2016

Are parents always to blame?, March 7, 2016


Academic Publications

Narcissism and Family Structure: A Social-Historical Perspective, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, vol. 3, no. 3, 1980 (with Ilene Philipson.)

The Psychology of Patriotism, Phi Delta Kappan, April, 2006

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