Narcissistic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a medial term used to refer to a dissocial individual with a leadership personality type. Individuals who suffer from NPD are excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. [1]
| Narcissistic personality disorder | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
 Narcissus by Caravaggio. Narcissus gazing at his own reflection. | |
| ICD-10 | F60.8 |
| MeSH | D010554 |
Symptoms
editSymptoms of this disorder include, but are not limited to:
- Reacts to criticism with anger, shame, or humiliation
- May take advantage of others to reach his or her own goal
- Tends to exaggerate their own importance, achievements, and talents
- Imagines unrealistic fantasies of success, beauty, power, intelligence, or romance
- Requires constant attention and positive reinforcement from others
- Easily becomes jealous
- Lacks empathy and disregards the feelings of others
- Obsessed with oneself
- Mainly pursues selfish goals
- Trouble keeping healthy relationships
- Is easily hurt and rejected
- Sets unrealistic goals
- Wants "the best" of everything
- Appears as tough-minded or unemotional [2]
References
edit- ↑ Millon, Theodore (1996). Disorders of Personality: DSM-IV-TM and Beyond. New York: John Wiley and Sons. p. 393. ISBN 0-471-01186-X.
- ↑ "Narcissistic personality disorder: Symptoms – MayoClinic.com." Mayo Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2011. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/narcissistic-personality-disorder/DS00652/DSECTION=sympto