lpollard@... asked this question on 4/1/2000:

I think my boyfriend has a narcissitic personality disorder. What are the symptoms and treatment? Is there any hope for us?

Thanks,

Lyn

samvak gave this response on 4/2/2000:

Hello,

Thank you for writing to me.

Only a qualified mental health diagnostician can determine the existence of a personality disorder. Diagnosing someone without such professional support is wrong and amounts to labelling.

The DSM IV symptomes of NPD can be found here;

http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/npd.html

Regarding your second question - I refer you to the FAQs and the Excerpts pages and to the Archives of the List (see addresses below).

You can find lengthy and extensive answers to many of your questions in:

Click here: http://personality.cjb.net or http://samvak.tripod.com/faq1.html

In this site (scroll down when you have accessed the page) you will find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

Click on each title (in blue colour) to access the full text.

Additionally, I would advise you to read the Excerpts from the Narcissism List Archive:

http://excerpts.cjb.net or http://samvak.tripod.com/archive01.html

(This is the first page. At the bottom of each page, there is a link to the next page of excerpts - there are currently 30 such pages but pages are added periodically)

And the Essay:

http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/msla.html or http://samvak.tripod.com/msla.html

You can also search my entire site:

Go to: http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/index.html and click on the words "Search My Site" (in blue text).

The full archives (thousands of articles) are available at: http://www.listbot.com/archive/narcissism

Take care,

Sam Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. E-mail : palma@unet.com.mk OR (as backup) samvak@briefcase.com http://samvak.tripod.com/thebook.html ("Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited") http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html ("After the Rain - How the West Lost the East") http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html (Issues in Micro and Macroeconomics) http://samvak.tripod.com/index.html (The Main Gate to my Sites concerning Pathological Narcissism) http://samvak.tripod.com/culture.html (Philosophical Musings) Author Archive of Political Columns http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html

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