On the metapsychology of narcissistic pathology.

Narcissistic personality disorder in DSM-5 Section II and Section III: The study of alternative model

Abstract Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy that people because of belief to being special and unique, interpersonal problems and empathy are faced. The present paper is studying the conceptualization and diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder in DSM-5 main Section (Section II) and Alternative model (S...

THE PATHOLOGY OF LOVE AS ATTACHMENT TO THE NARCISSISTIC EGO: How to Read It How to Cure It

Child Maltreatment and Vulnerable Narcissism: The Roles of Shame and Disavowed Need.

Exposure to maltreatment during childhood (physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, physical or emotional neglect) is associated with increased risk for narcissistic personality pathology (Lobbestael, Arntz, and Bernstein 2010), although studies examining this relationship have looked primarily at DSM-IV criteria for narcissistic personality disorder rather than narcissistic character styles. Yet ...

Narcissistic Disturbances as the Bedrock of Difficulties in Emotional Regulation and Self-Destructive Behavior in Melancholic Patients: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation of Narcissus Myth

Objective: The association of narcissistic disturbances in patients with melancholia symptoms has been described in various studies. The mechanism by which narcissistic disturbances may contribute to difficulties in emotional regulation and self-destructive behavior in melancholic patients have not been explored well. This lack of attention represents a vital theoretical ambiguity about the int...

Refining the construct of narcissistic personality disorder: diagnostic criteria and subtypes.

OBJECTIVE Narcissistic personality disorder has received relatively little empirical attention. This study was designed to provide an empirically valid and clinically rich portrait of narcissistic personality disorder and to identify subtypes of the disorder. METHOD A random national sample of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists (N=1,201) described a randomly selected current patient wit...