Narcissistic personality disorder: Diagnostic and clinical challenges

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 415-422

  Caligor, Eve ^a   Levy, Kenneth N ^a   Yeomans, Frank E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DSM-5; DYSTHYMIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NARCISSISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84928941892     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14060723     Document Type: Review

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