Kernberg, O. Narcissistic Personality Disorders (Translated by M. A. Sultanova)

Abstract: This is the translation of a lecture read by Otto Kernberg, professor, PhD of Medicine and president of the International Psychoanalytical Associations. The lecture was first read and written down in 1992 in Urbino, Italy. The lecture of the American psychiatrist was mostly devoted to such terms as ‘narcissism’ and ‘narcissistic personality’. Narcissistic personality is viewed as a pathological regulation of the self-esteem and ‘narcissistic personality’ as the worst form of the ‘pathological’ narcissism. The professor also described the main methods of therapy of narcissistic personality disorders (psychoanalysis, psychoanalytical therapy and supporting psychotherapy.

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