Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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Criteria Definition Treatment ( Psychotherapy ) Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )
Definition
Narcissistic personality is characterized by behavior or a fantasy of grandiosity, a lack of empathy and a need to be admired by others. Narcissistic personality has a pathological unrealistic or inflated sense of self-importance, has an inability to see the viewpoints of others, and is hypersensitive to the opinions of others.
ONSET: Early adulthood and with a variety of contexts.

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Diagnostic Criteria - Mental Health made easy.
1. Behavior or a fantasy of grandiosity, a lack of empathy and a need to be admired by others. As indicated by at least five of the following:
- Grandiose sense of self-importance.
- Fantasies of and preoccupied with beauty, brilliance, ideal love, power, or unlimited success.
- A belief of being special and unique and can only be understood or a need to associate with people of high status.
- A need for excessive admiration.
- An unreasonable expectation of being treated with favor or excepting an automatic compliance to her / his wishes.
- Will use others to achieve her / his goals.
- Lacks empathy.
- Believes others are envious of her / him or is envious of others.
- Contemptuous or haughty attitudes / behaviors.
Treatment ( Psychotherapy )
Adlerian Therapy Behavior Therapy Existential Therapy Gestalt Therapy Person-centered Therapy Psychoanalytic Rational-emotive Therapy Reality Therapy Transactional Analysis
Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )
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