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Narcissistic Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Treatment

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I was highly disappointed as this book was really written for professionals only (psychiatrists - therapists). I am an educated person, and I still found this not user friendly. I plan to give it to the child psychologist I am working with and hope to find something else more useful.

Come into this century please! What a waste of money. I really thought/hoped I would get some treatment recommendations for a narcissistic child in therapy. There was nothing useful in this book, not even her diatribal defense of psychoanalysis.

Bought the book as a used and as such, prior owners shared side comments of releveant paragraphs...thanks to them for their review of relevant issues. As grandparents of a diagnosed NPD grandaughter, we have a better perception and understanding of the symptom. By the grace of our God and through her therapists the prognosis for younger persons with NPD is hopeful to the extent that the disturbances relect a simple lack of life experiences.
The cause of NPD is complex. In our early generation, we did not have the mass media's preoccupation with the "life and styles of the rich and famous", but had those of rather ordinary or average people; again, the weakening of churches that tradionally helped children to see themselves as members of a community rather than as isolated individuals is disturbing.