Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder and Sex: a Case-report
| Autor: | D. Celona, D. Garino, Elisabetta Pascolo-Fabrici, F. Bertossi, V. Botter, F. Sandri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Population medicine.disease Personality disorders Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Narcissistic personality disorder medicine Anxiety Major depressive disorder Bipolar disorder medicine.symptom Psychiatry Psychology education Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | European Psychiatry. 30:727 |
| ISSN: | 0924-9338 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0924-9338(15)30577-0 |
| Popis: | Introduction Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) has a prevalence of 6,2% on general population, with greater rates for men (7,7%) than women (4,8%). It has been frequently associated with substance misuse, Bipolar Disorder (type I and II), anxiety and other personality disorders, but seldom it has been associated with Major Depressive Disorder. Objectives The emphasis put on sex by elder people with NPD hasn't been widely studied in Literature. Frustration on the maintenance of a fixed rate of weekly sexual intercourse with their partners has led to a MDD in two outpatients that, for this reason, came to our Community Mental Health Center (CMHC). Aims Find if the supposed relation between certain Life Events for people with a well-controlled NPD can lead to a MDD can be detected. Methods Both completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-II) that confirmed the co-existence. Results Diagnostically, these patients presented an exaggerated self-appraisal even during the depressive phases, attempts to gain others’ approval and attention, very little interest on others’ thoughts and efforts to gain personal advantages in a depressive frame. Conclusions This report suggest the necessity of further studies on the relation between NPD and MDD when a kind of frustration in important fields of patients’ life occurs. |
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