Open AccessAn update on narcissistic personality disorder
Author(s) -
Elsa Ronningstam
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
current opinion in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1473-6578
pISSN - 0951-7367
DOI - 10.1097/yco.0b013e328359979c
Subject(s) - narcissism , narcissistic personality disorder , conceptualization , psychology , perspective (graphical) , grandiosity , pathological , personality disorders , psychodynamics , personality pathology , personality , empirical research , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , medicine , computer science , epistemology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , pathology
This article will discuss the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 proposal for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), and highlight some of the advantages of introducing a dual diagnostic approach that includes a dimensional conceptualization for identifying and diagnosing pathological narcissism and NPD, in addition to specific traits.