Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental disorder in which a person has an unrealistic sense of superiority. In other words, a narcissist is a person who is really who think they are more important than everyone else and should only be affiliated with people who share the same special-ness. Comparably, to many other mental illness, Narcissistic Personality Disorder is predominately controlled by emotional behavior, which parallels, paranoid, borderline, and fascination with power, status and vanity. People with NPD are sensitive to criticism and react with extreme rage or degradation of others make themselves feel superior.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder affects 1% of the population and is more commonly found in men. There is …show more content…
There no in lab test available to diagnose NPD therefore, individuals’ must fit the criteria from the DSM in order to be diagnosed with a personality disorder. The primary criteria for diagnosis of NPD is, overemphasis of achievements and skills, obsess with fantasies of power and indefinite success, has unrealistic sense of entitlement, lack of empathy. DSM identifies personality disorders as a lifetime pattern of maladaptive behavior.
The DSM-V primarily focuses on grandiosity in Narcissistic Personality Disorder. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health (2012), “most observers regard grandiosity as the most important single trait of a narcissistic personality. It is important to note that grandiosity implies more than boasting or prideful display as such-it signifies self-aggrandizement that is not borne out by reality” (p. 645). In other words, DSM focuses on false realities of Narcissistic individuals that make themselves appear to be better than they really are which created a …show more content…
K., & Miller, J. D. (2011). The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatments. Hoboken, NJ: John Whiley & Sons.
Friedrich, S. L. (2012). Denial. In K. Key (Ed.), The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health (3rd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 438-440). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.mec.ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=cuny_medgarevers&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX4013200133&asid=48a71254063798dc4015ac8869b67c8c
Lowen, Alexander (1983). Narcissism : denial of the true self/ Alexander Lowen. New York: Macmillan Pub. Co. ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1983.
Miller, J. D., Gentile, B., Wilson, L., & Campbell, W. K. (2013). Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism and the DSM–5 Pathological Personality Trait Model. Journal Of Personality Assessment, 95(3), 284-290.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder affects 1% of the population and is more commonly found in men. There is …show more content…
There no in lab test available to diagnose NPD therefore, individuals’ must fit the criteria from the DSM in order to be diagnosed with a personality disorder. The primary criteria for diagnosis of NPD is, overemphasis of achievements and skills, obsess with fantasies of power and indefinite success, has unrealistic sense of entitlement, lack of empathy. DSM identifies personality disorders as a lifetime pattern of maladaptive behavior.
The DSM-V primarily focuses on grandiosity in Narcissistic Personality Disorder. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health (2012), “most observers regard grandiosity as the most important single trait of a narcissistic personality. It is important to note that grandiosity implies more than boasting or prideful display as such-it signifies self-aggrandizement that is not borne out by reality” (p. 645). In other words, DSM focuses on false realities of Narcissistic individuals that make themselves appear to be better than they really are which created a …show more content…
K., & Miller, J. D. (2011). The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatments. Hoboken, NJ: John Whiley & Sons.
Friedrich, S. L. (2012). Denial. In K. Key (Ed.), The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health (3rd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 438-440). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.mec.ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=cuny_medgarevers&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX4013200133&asid=48a71254063798dc4015ac8869b67c8c
Lowen, Alexander (1983). Narcissism : denial of the true self/ Alexander Lowen. New York: Macmillan Pub. Co. ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1983.
Miller, J. D., Gentile, B., Wilson, L., & Campbell, W. K. (2013). Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism and the DSM–5 Pathological Personality Trait Model. Journal Of Personality Assessment, 95(3), 284-290.