Showing posts with label DSM-4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DSM-4. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

2013: There Won't Be a Narcissist in the White House

Here, we see Sarah Palin laughing maniacally. An aide has just informed her that DSM-5 (due to be published in 2013) will no longer include narcissistic personality disorder.

DSM-5 is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, and it will replace the 4th edition, which is currently being used by clinicians to diagnose mental disorders.

Some more information about the new manual and its elimination of the narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis can be read in a NY Times article, "A Fate That Narcissists Will Hate: Being Ignored," which inspired this post.