Treating depression and compensatory narcissistic personality style in a man with chronic lyme disease

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 430-442

  Leedy, Melissa J ^a   Jackson, Melissa ^a   Callahan, Jennifer L ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory narcissism; Idiographic assessment; Lyme disease; Narcissistic personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; NARCISSISM; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 34548368530     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650106295847     Document Type: Article

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