Narcissism and its impact on psychotherapy

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Narcissist fell in love with his mirror image. Narcissistic traits can have a ne
Narcissist fell in love with his mirror image. Narcissistic traits can have a negative impact on psychotherapy, a recent study from Jena and Münster shows. Picture: Michelangelo Caravaggio, 16. Jh.

Narcissistic personality traits are related to poorer response to psychotherapeutic treatment. This is the result of a German multi-site study with more than 2,000 participants receiving inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy. The findings of the research team at Jena University Hospital and University of Münster, now published in the scientific journal The Lancet Psychiatry, can contribute to further individualization of psychotherapy.

After Narcissus, the figure from Greek mythology, a person with particularly high sense of grandiosity and entitlement is called a narcissist. ...

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