States of minds in narcissistic personality disorder: Three psychotherapies analyzed using the grid of problematic states

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 466-480

  Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^a   Nicolo, Giuseppe ^a   Fiore, Donatella ^a   Centenero, Etrusca ^a   Semerari, Antonio ^a   Carcione, Antonino ^a   Pedone, Roberto ^b  

^a Terzo Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Narcissistic personality disorder; States of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NARCISSISM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRUST;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 46949092443     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300701881877     Document Type: Article

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