Giancarlo Dimaggio, MD

Lack of empathy is a commonly known feature of narcissistic personality disorder. Relationships are typically shallow and difficult to maintain. What are some other features of NPD? More in this case presentation.

Narcissistic personality disorder is largely understudied, in spite of clinicians' warnings that this is the most frequent presentation in patients.

DSM-5 better captures the essence of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) than previous versions did. The hypervigilant NPD subtype is the least understood but seen the most often in patients.