Narcissistic personality disorder

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder that is characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize. Narcissistic personality disorder is one of the sub-types of a broader category known as personality disorders.Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. pp. 72–669. ISBN 978-0-89042-554-1. OCLC 830807378. It is often seen in combination with other mental health disorders, and it is associated with significant functional impairment and psychosocial disability.

 Millon's subtypes 
Insyd de study Disorders of Personality: DSM-IV-TM and Beyond (1996), na Theodore Millon suggest five subtypes of NPD, although na he no identify specific treatments per subtype.
+SubtypeFeaturesUnprincipled narcissistDeficient conscience; unscrupulous, amoral, disloyal, fraudulent, deceptive, arrogant, exploitive; a con artist den charlatan; dominating, contemptuous, vindictive.Amorous narcissistSexually seductive, enticing, beguiling, tantalizing; glib den clever; disinclined to real intimacy; dey indulge hedonistic desires; bewitches den inveigles odas; pathological lying den swindling. Tends dem get chaw affairs, often plus exotic partners.Compensatory narcissistSeeks to counteract anaa cancel out deep feelings of inferiority den lack of self-esteem; offsets deficits by creating illusions of dem be superior, exceptional, admirable, noteworthy; self-worth results from self-enhancement.Elitist narcissistDey feel privileged den empowered by virtue of special childhood status den pseudo-achievements; entitled façade dey bear little relation to reality; dey seek favored den good life; dem be upwardly mobile; dey cultivate special status den advantages by association.Normal narcissistLeast severe den most interpersonally concerned den empathetic, still entitled den deficient insyd reciprocity; bold insyd environments, self-confident, competitive, dey seek high targets, dey feel unique; talent for leadership positions insyd; dey expect recognition from odas.

 Historical demarcation of grandiose den vulnerable types 
Over de years, na chaw clinicians den theorists describe two variants of NPD akin to de grandiose den vulnerable expressions of trait narcissism. Sam examples dey include:
+Grandiose PhenotypeVulnerable TypesKohut & Wolf (1978)Mirror-hungryIdeal-hungryBroucek (1982)EgotisticalDissociativeRosenfeld (1987)Thick-skinnedThin-skinnedGabbard (1989, 1998, 2009)ObliviousHypervigilantGersten (1991)Overly grandioseOverly vulnerableWink (1992)WillfulHypersensitiveMasterson (1993)ExhibitionistClosetFiscalini (1993)Special childShamed childCooper and Maxwell (1995)EmpoweredDisempowered

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