Diagnoses of Personality Disorders Between 1879 and 1929 in the Largest Croatian Psychiatric Hospital

Paštar, Zvonimir; Petrov, Boyan; Križaj, Aida; Bagarić, Ante; Jukić, Vlado

doi:10.3325/cmj.2010.51.461

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“…In a historically important study, Pastar et al (2010) reviewed the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with PDs at the largest Croatian psychiatric facility, the Vrapce Hospital, between 1879 and 1929. From the definitions provided by classification systems known at the time, only three terms were used for PD: moral insanity, psychopathic inferiority, and psychopathy; 141 of 18,960 admitted patients (0.74%) were discharged with a diagnosis of PD and 34% or 24.…”

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Debates on the Narcissism Conundrum

Alarcón¹,

Sarabia²

2012

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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The clinical implications of the term narcissism are a matter of continuous debate. This article critically examines pertinent literature of the last 12 years using a set of validators and attempting to identify narcissism as a trait, a domain, a dimension, or a personality disorder/type. Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)-specific literature (particularly in epidemiological, developmental, and laboratory-testing areas) is scarce when compared with other personality disorders. A tendency to ideologically dominated clinical reports is observed with individual cases or small samples of nonclinical populations. Clinical descriptions of the condition vary within a wide range of descriptors, superficial or ambiguous conceptualizations, different subtypes, and inconclusive meta-analytical findings. Comorbidity with many Axes I and II conditions and the presence of narcissistic behavioral and emotional manifestations in other DSM conditions were frequent findings. The reintroduction of NPD in the personality disorders DSM-5 proposal seems to be related to nonclinical or heuristic considerations. It is concluded that NPD as such shows nosological inconsistency and that its consideration as a trait domain with needed further research would be strongly beneficial to the field.

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Section: Epidemiological Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%