A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of complete others and the egotistic and merciless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition.

Most narcissists (50-75%, according to the DSM IV-TR) are men.

The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is one of a "family" of personality disorders (known as "Cluster B"). opposite members of Cluster B are minimal PD, Antisocial PD and Histrionic PD.

NPD is often diagnosed with other mental health disorders ("co-morbidity") - or with substance abuse and dynamical and reckless behaviors ("dual diagnosis").

NPD is spic-and-span (1980) mental health category in the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual (DSM).

There is single scant research regarding narcissism. But what there is has not demonstrated some ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to NPD.

It is estimated that 0.7-1% of the general population suffer from NPD.

Pathological narcissism was first described in detail by Freud. Other major contributors are: Klein, Horney, Kohut, Kernberg, Millon, Roningstam, Gunderson, Hare.

The onset of narcissism is in infancy, childhood and early adolescence. It is commonly attributed to childhood abuse and trauma inflicted by parents, authority figures, or even peers.

There is a whole range of narcissistic reactions - from the mild, reactive and temporary to the ineradicable personality disorder.

Narcissistic Supply is outside attention - usually positive (adulation, affirmation, fame, celebrity) - used by the narcissist to regulate his reactive sense of self-worth.

Narcissists are either "cerebral" (derive their narcissistic supply from their intelligence or academic achievements) - or "somatic" (derive their selfish supply from their physique, exercise, physiological or sexual prowess and romantic or physical "conquests").

Narcissists are either "classic" - see definition below - or they are "compensatory", or "inverted" - see definitions here: "The turned Narcissist".

The classic narcissist is self-confident, the compensatory narcissist covers up in his proud behaviour for a deep-seated deficit in self-esteem, and the inverted type is a co-dependent who caters to the emotional needs of a classic narcissist.

NPD is treated in talk therapy (psychodynamic or cognitive-behavioural). The prognosis for an mature narcissist is poor, though his adaptation to life and to others can improve with treatment. Medication is practical to side-effects and behaviours (such as mood or affect disorders and obsession-compulsion) - usually with some success.

The American Psychiatric Association, based in Washington D.C., USA, publishes the characteristic and Statistical hand-operated of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), 2000.

Click present to read the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for the selfish Personality Disorder.

The international equivalent of the DSM is the ICD-10, Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, publicized by the international Health Organization in Geneva (1992).

Click here to read the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for the Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

The DSM defines NPD as "an all-pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration or adulation and lack of empathy, usually beginning by early adulthood and present in varied contexts."

The ICD regards NPD as "a personality disorder that fits no of the special rubrics." It relegates it to the category "Other special Personality Disorders" unneurotic with the eccentric, "haltlose", immature, passive-aggressive, and psychoneurotic personality disorders and types.

The DSM specifies nine diagnostic criteria. For NPD to be diagnosed, cardinal (or more) of these criteria essential be met.

(In the text below, I have planned modifications to the language of these criteria to united current knowledge active this disorder. My modifications appear in bold italics.)

(My amendments do not constitute a part of the text of the DSM-IV-TR, nor is the American Psychiatric Association (APA) associated with them in some way.)

Click present to download a bibliography of the studies and research regarding the selfish Personality Disorder (NPD) on which I based my planned revisions.

Proposed revised Criteria for the Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates accomplishments, talents, skills, contacts, and personality traits to the point of lying, demands to be recognized as greatest without commensurate achievements);

Is concerned with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion;

Firmly sure that he or she is unusual and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be dressed by, or subordinate with, other specific or unique, or high-status people (or institutions);

Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation - or, unsuccessful that, wishes to be feared and to be disreputable (Narcissistic Supply);

Feels entitled. Demands automatic and overflowing compliance with his or her illogical expectations for specific and favourable priority treatment;

Is "interpersonally exploitative", i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends;

Devoid of empathy. Is incapable or unwilling to identify with, acknowledge, or accept the feelings, needs, preferences, priorities, and choices of others;

Constantly envious of others and seeks to hurt or destroy the objects of his or her frustration. Suffers from persecutory (paranoid) delusions as he or she believes that they feel the same active him or her and are promising to act similarly;

Behaves arrogantly and haughtily. Feels superior, omnipotent, omniscient, invincible, immune, "above the law", and omnipresent (magical thinking). Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy.

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Now haven’t you ever thought of just knowing a person inside down and there should be a method for this also? Here is the science which can make you read a person same book. The accuracy level of reading is amazingly high. This science is known as ‘Graphology’.

And the art of handwriting analysis (i.e Handwriting Analysis).

Grapho-therapy is used to improve certain skills, attitudes, way of thinking, Health, mind, relationships and much more.

Patients suffering from eating disorders binge on food and sometimes are both lean and bulimic. This is an dynamical behaviour as delimited by the DSM (particularly in the case of BPD and to a lesser extent of Cluster B disorders in general). whatsoever patients develop these disorders as a way to self-mutilate. It is a convergence of cardinal pathological behaviours: self-mutilation and an dynamical (rather, compulsive or ritualistic) behaviour.

The key to rising the mental state of patients with dual diagnosis (a personality disorder nonnegative an eating disorder) lies in concentrating upon their eating and sleeping disorders.

By controlling their eating disorders, patients assert control finished their lives. This is bound to reduce their depression (even eliminate it altogether as a constant feature of their mental life). This is promising to ameliorate opposite facets of their personality disorders. present is the chain: controlling one's eating disorders controlling one's life enhanced sense of self-worth, self-confidence, self-esteem a challenge, an interest, an enemy to subjugate a feeling of strength socialising feeling better.

When a patient has a personality disorder and an eating disorder, the therapist should concentrate on the eating disorder. Personality disorders are complex and intractable. They are rarely tempered (though certain aspects, like OCD, or depression can be ameliorated with medication). Their treatment calls for the enormous, persistent and consecutive investment of resources of every sympathetic by everyone involved. From the patient's point of view, the treatment of her personality disorder is not an efficient allocation of scarce mental resources. Also personality disorders are not the real threat. If a patient with a personality disorder is cured of it but her eating disorders are aggravated, she might die (though mentally healthy)…

An eating disorder is some a signal of distress ("I wish to die, I feel so bad, somebody help me") and a message: "I think I lost control. I am very timid of losing control. I will control my food intake and discharge. This way I control at least cardinal aspect of my life."

This is where we can and should begin to help the patient. Help him to regain control. The family or other supporting figures must think what they can do to make the patient feel that he is in control, that he manages things his own way, that he is contributing, has his personal schedules, his personal agenda, matter.

Eating disorders indicate the strong combined activity of an implicit sense of lack of personal autonomy and an implicit sense of lack of self-control. The patient feels inordinately, paralysingly helpless and ineffective. His eating disorders are an effort to exert and reassert mastery over his personal life. At this stage, he is unable to differentiate his own feelings and needs from those of others. His cognitive and perceptual distortions (for instance, regarding body image – somatoform disorders) only increase his feeling of personal ineffectiveness and his need to exercise even much self-control (on his diet, the single thing left).

The patient does not trust himself in the slightest. He is his bad enemy, a merciless enemy, and he knows it. Therefore, any efforts to collaborate with HIM against his disorder – are detected as collaboration with his worst enemy against his single mode of dominant his life to some extent.

The patient views the world in terms of black and white, of absolutes. So, he cannot let go equal to a precise small degree. He is HORRIFIED – constantly. This is why he finds it impossible to form relationships: he mistrusts (himself and by extension others), he does not want to become an adult, he does not enjoy sex or love (which both entail a modicum of loss of control). All this leads to a degenerative absence of self-esteem. These patients same their disorder. Their eating disorder is their only achievement. Otherwise they are ashamed of themselves and disgusted by their shortcomings (expressed through shame and disgust directed at their bodies).

There is a unplanned to cure the patient of his eating disorders (though the dual diagnosis of eating disorder and personality disorder has a bad prognosis). This – and ONLY this – must be done at the first stage. The patient's family should consider therapy AND support groups (Overeaters Anonymous). Recovery prognosis is good aft 2 years of treatment and support. The family essential be heavily concerned in the healthful process. Family dynamics usually contribute to the development of such disorders.

Medication, cognitive or behavioural therapy, psychodynamic therapy and family therapy ought to do it.

The change in the tolerant IF the treatment of his eating disorders is boffo is VERY MARKED. His major depression disappears together with his sleeping disorders. He becomes socially active again and gets a life. His personality disorder might make it difficult for him – but, in isolation, without the exacerbating circumstances of his other disorders, he finds it much easier to cope with.

Patients with eating disorders may be in mortal danger. Their behaviour is ruining their bodies relentlessly and inexorably. They might attempt suicide. They might do drugs. It is only a question of time. Our goal is to buy them time. The older they get, the much experienced they become, the more their body chemistry changes with age – the better their prognosis.

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