DSM-5
SYMPTOMS OF NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
THE DEFINITION OF NPD STATES THAT IT COMPRISES OF A PERSISTENT MANNER OF GRANDIOSITY, A CONTINUOUS DESIRE FOR ADMIRATION, ALONG WITH A LACK OF EMPATHY. IT STARTS BY EARLY ADULTHOOD AND OCCURS IN A RANGE OF SITUATIONS, AS SIGNIFIED BY THE EXISTENCE OF ANY 5 OF THE NEXT 9 STANDARDS (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2013):
• A GRANDIOSE LOGIC OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
• A FIXATION WITH FANTASIES OF INFINITE SUCCESS, CONTROL, BRILLIANCE, BEAUTY, OR IDYLLIC LOVE
• A CREDENCE THAT HE OR SHE IS EXTRAORDINARY AND EXCEPTIONAL AND CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY, OR SHOULD CONNECT WITH, OTHER EXTRAORDINARY OR IMPORTANT PEOPLE OR INSTITUTIONS
• A DESIRE FOR UNWARRANTED ADMIRATION
• A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT
• INTERPERSONALLY OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
• NO FORM OF EMPATHY
• RESENTMENT OF OTHERS OR A CONVICTION THAT OTHERS ARE RESENTFUL OF HIM OR HER
• A DISPLAY OF EGOTISTICAL AND CONCEITED BEHAVIORS OR ATTITUDES