mental health disorders
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Introduction
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized by a pervasive pattern of feeling superior (grandiosity), needing admiration, and lacking empathy. People with narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities, exaggerate their achievements, and tend to underestimate the abilities of others. Doctors diagnose narcissistic personality disorder based on specific symptoms, such as an exaggerated, unfounded sense of self-importance and talents, a need to be unconditionally admired, and a sense of entitlement. Psychotherapy that focuses on underlying conflicts may help. Overview of Personality Disorders are mental health conditions that involve long-lasting, pervasive patterns of thinking, perceiving, reacting, and relating that cause the person significant distress and/or impair the person's ability to function. People with narcissistic personality disorder have an inflated view of self-worth (called grandiosity). They also have problems with self-esteem. To bolster their sense of superiority and self-esteem, they do the following: Associate with special people Become a part of superior institutions Devalue other people They also want to be praised. Estimates of how common narcissistic personality disorder is vary, studies suggest the disorder occurs in about 2% of people. It is more common among men. Other disordersare also often present. They include one or more of the following: Depression None Anorexia Nervosa None A Overview of Substance-Related Disorders (especially Another personality disorder ( Histrionic Personality Disorder , 