Narcissistic Personality Disorder

A pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556001/)

Also Known As:

Malignant Narcissisms; Narcissism, Malignant; Narcissism, Pathological; Narcissisms, Malignant; Narcissisms, Pathological; Pathological Narcissisms; Personality Disorder, Narcissistic; Malignant Narcissism; Pathological Narcissism

Networked: 153 relevant articles (1 outcomes, 32 trials/studies)

Relationship Network

Disease Context: Research Results

Mental Disorders: 24177
- Personality Disorders: 1576
  - Narcissistic Personality Disorder: 153

Related Diseases

1.	Narcissistic Personality Disorder
2.	Borderline Personality Disorder (Personality Disorders, Borderline)
3.	Personality Disorders (Personality Disorder)
4.	Mental Disorders (Mental Disorder)
5.	Antisocial Personality Disorder (Antisocial Personality)

Experts

1.	Miller, Joshua D: 14 articles (01/2022 - 03/2007)
2.	Ronningstam, Elsa: 13 articles (01/2020 - 03/2011)
3.	Campbell, W Keith: 12 articles (01/2018 - 03/2007)
4.	Roepke, Stefan: 9 articles (01/2021 - 01/2010)
5.	Vater, Aline: 8 articles (01/2021 - 05/2011)
6.	Pincus, Aaron L: 7 articles (01/2019 - 04/2008)
7.	Ritter, Kathrin: 7 articles (07/2014 - 02/2007)
8.	Cain, Nicole M: 6 articles (08/2019 - 04/2008)
9.	Krueger, Robert F: 5 articles (11/2017 - 07/2010)
10.	Lynam, Donald R: 5 articles (11/2017 - 09/2014)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

1.	neodymium pyrocatechin disulfonate (NPD)IBA 11/01/2017 - "Miller and Lynam's (2017) commentary proved to be very helpful in clarifying that ralerting-CV and rcontrast-CV coefficient values reported in our study indicated that the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) yielded a trait profile much more closely aligned with expert ratings of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition; DSM-IV) narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) than did other measures. " 01/01/2023 - "This study, based on a qualitative review of therapists' case reports of individual psychotherapy with eight patients diagnosed with NPD, is the first to identify and explore patterns, processes, and indicators of change in pathological narcissism. " 01/01/2022 - "Neuroimaging studies have shown structural deficits in the default mode network (DMN) in patients with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD); however, the functional basis of the DMN in NPD remains unclear. " 01/01/2022 - "Our study evaluated the convergent validity of the PNI and NPI against a diagnostic interview for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) in a clinical population. " 11/01/2021 - "The present study aimed at delivering a prototypical plan analysis for clients presenting with a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). "
2.	propylene diquat (PDQ(+))IBA 01/01/2018 - "The current study examined the relations between commonly used measures of grandiose narcissism (Narcissistic Personality Inventory-13 [NPI-13]), vulnerable narcissism (Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale [HSNS]), and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD; Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire [PDQ]) in a sample of adult male offenders (N = 179). " 02/01/2016 - "Despite concerns regarding the NPI's ability to measure pathological narcissism, its trait profile was strongly correlated with expert ratings, as was PDQ NPD's profile. " 02/01/2016 - "Wright and colleagues published correlations between several narcissism measures (Narcissistic Personality Inventory [NPI]; Pathological Narcissism Inventory [PNI]; Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire [PDQ] NPD) with the traits comprising the DSM-5 Section III personality trait model. "
3.	7,7'- dimethoxy- (4,4'- bi- 1,3- benzodioxole)- 5,5'- dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester (BDD)IBA 02/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of the symptoms of BDD and narcissistic personality disorder in rhinoplasty candidates. "
4.	Opiate AlkaloidsIBA 04/01/1985 - "The alcoholics scored higher on the personality style scales of Avoidant, Passive-Aggressive, Schizotypal, Borderline and Paranoid, while the opiate addicts scored higher on the Narcissistic personality disorder scale. " 02/01/1996 - "With an example of an opiate addict with narcissistic personality disorder the interplay of drug abuse and behaviour in substitution treatment respectively and the patient's psychic problems is demonstrated and discussed within the theoretical framework of ego-psychology and object-relation-theory. "
5.	4-aminospiroperidolIBA 07/01/2010 - "Psychopathic individuals with ASPD demonstrated comorbid schizoid and narcissistic personality disorder, more severe conduct disorder and adult antisocial symptoms, and more violent convictions. " 04/01/2001 - "Twenty-four patients with NPD and 16 patients with ASPD were compared on 33 characteristics for pathological narcissism assessed with the semistructured Diagnostic Interview for Narcissism. " 04/01/2001 - "The conceptual, clinical, and empirical overlap between the constructs of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is reviewed and their descriptive discriminability is investigated. "
6.	N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDMA)IBA 03/01/2021 - "In this report, we present a case of a 16,9-year-old patient with multiple substance use disorder (cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, ecstacy), severe depression, social phobia and narcissistic personality disorder.We"
7.	DiamondIBA 11/01/2013 - "Repressed anger is the core element in psychopathic narcissism (Diamond) and malignant narcissism (Kernberg). "
8.	Biomarkers (Surrogate Marker)IBA 02/01/2011 - "Nevertheless, the best course of action may be to refine the narcissistic personality disorder criteria, followed by careful field testing and a search for biomarkers, rather than wholesale elimination of the narcissistic personality disorder category. "
9.	TarsIBA 01/01/2022 - "Faced with this observation, the Treatment Attrition-Retention Scale for Personality Disorders (TARS-PD; Gamache et coll., 2017) was developed to precisely identify patients with PD at high risk of abandoning therapy based on 15 criteria, regrouped in 5 factors: Pathological Narcissism, Antisocial/Psychopathy, Secondary Gain, Low Motivation, and Cluster A Features. "
10.	SteroidsIBA 11/01/1995 - "Steroid users had significantly higher scores on dimensions of pathological narcissism and significantly lower scores on clinical ratings of empathy. "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Therapeutics 01/01/2017 - "The perspectives on therapy processes that emerged in this study reflect different points of emphasis in the treatment of pathological narcissism, and may serve as prototypes of therapist-generated approaches to patients suffering from this issue. " 11/27/2023 - "Insights from CMT regarding pathogenic beliefs and the patient's plan for addressing them can help to explain how therapy works or does not work for patients with pathological narcissism." 11/15/2023 - "The ongoing rewriting of the therapeutic contract in Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy for narcissistic personality disorder: The case of Mark." 12/01/2018 - "Personality and therapy motivation of child sexual offenders Objective: This pilot study examined the interrelationship between pathological narcissism, impaired personality organization, sexual delinquency, and therapy motivation from a psychoanalytic perspective in a sample of child sexual offenders. " 01/01/2013 - "The impact of pathological narcissism on psychotherapy has seldom been investigated empirically, despite extensive clinical theory proposing that highly narcissistic individuals should be reluctant to engage in treatment and derive smaller benefits from therapy. "
2.	Rhinoplasty 02/01/2022 - "Correction to: Body Dysmorphic and Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Cosmetic Rhinoplasty Candidates." 02/01/2022 - "Body Dysmorphic and Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Cosmetic Rhinoplasty Candidates." 02/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of the symptoms of BDD and narcissistic personality disorder in rhinoplasty candidates. "
3.	Aftercare (After-Treatment) 12/01/2023 - "As narcissism affects depression severity before and after treatment with CBT across psychiatric disorders, even in the absence of narcissistic personality disorder, the inclusion of dimensional assessments of narcissism should be considered in future research and clinical routines. "