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Originally Posted by Lorelyen
The shrinks would medicalise every behaviour in normal life if they could.
I don't even know whether narcissism is defined in DSM 5. I'll have to look it up.
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Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is 1 of the 10 clinically recognized personality disorders listed in
the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fifth Edition (
DSM-
5).
''Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental condition
in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention
and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.'
Just a start!