Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptoms in a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Framework: A Discussion and Case Example

The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 466-475

  Reed Knight, Bonney ^a   Fischer, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Narcissistic personality disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886028246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093108.ch42     Document Type: Chapter

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