I impose a veil of ignorance on you. All that you know is that a 36-year old man is referred to you by the court system and comes to your office for evaluation.
Your patient just recently has completed a one-year prison sentence for a January 6-like attempt to overthrow the United States government. He was the leader of the failed, impossibile plot, but 19 people were killed and over a dozen, including your patient, were injured.
While in gaol your patient penned a 720-page autobiographical political manifesto, which lays out a complete program of the aims of his movement and the future of America and its neighboring states and which he has titled My Struggle.. It is published in 2025, shortly before you first see him. The book is part of the paperwork, along with the arrest report and the newspaper reports of the failed coup d'etat. As a good, thorough professional you read all of the documents provided you by the court, including the book. You meet with your patient in your office on five occasions, each lasting 45 minutes, getting the standard history from childhood to present.
After your readings and meetings you write a report for the court, thanking the judge for the opportunity to examine this interesting person.
What do you assess the danger to the community, if any, to be and what diagnosis from the DSM-5-TR do you make of your patient, Adolph Hitler?
