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Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): The Official DSM-5 Diagnosis Criteria
Have you ever wondered what the official Diagnosis Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder is, according to the DSM-5?
Symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder: NPD Diagnosis
If a patient would be clinically diagnosed with NPD, a psychiatrist must determine that at least five of the following qualities are factors for that patient.
1. A grandiose sense of self-importance
2. A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. A belief that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. A requirement for excessive admiration
5. A sense of entitlement – unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. Interpersonal exploitativeness – taking advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. A lack of empathy and an unwillingness to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. Enviousness of others – along with the belief that others are envious of him or her
9. A tendency to arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
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