Narcissistic Personality Disorder belongs to the same cluster of conditions as the Antisocial Personality Disorder. Symptoms generally begin during early adult years and persist indefinitely. The lifetime prevalence may be as high as 1-5% with men more often affected than women. Genetic predisposition, early childhood upbringing and environment predispose to Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Among the most common manifestations of Narcissistic Personality Disorder are failure to conform to social norms, deceitfulness, repeated lying, aggressiveness, irritability and use of aliases. Other frequent symptoms include lack of remorse, rationalizing behavior, irresponsibility, failure to honor financial obligations and reckless disregard for the safety of oneself and others.
These individuals exhibit a grandiose sense of self-importance, exaggerate their talents, believe they have unique power, beauty or intelligence and lack empathy for others. They feel entitled, demand automatic compliance with their wishes and fail to establish long term, stable intimate relationships.
They belittle others, feel easily slighted, react with rage when contradicted, never accept blame and disregard the wishes of others. Surprisingly some have a frail ego, are distressed by criticism and may become socially withdrawn during difficult times.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder frequently occurs in combination with other psychiatric conditions. Among the frequent comorbid diseases are depression, anxiety, mania, antisocial personality disorder, transient psychosis and impulse control disorder.
Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder remains inadequate.
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