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Did you just diagnose someone with a condition that isn't found in the DSM and then cite your own website as a source of evidence?


The linked page is indeed ridiculous. Don't bother.

But: Narcissistic Personality Disorder: DSM-5 301.81

Also mentioned but not properly defined in ICD (F60.8)


I'm referring to OP's diagnosis of "Malignant Narcissism", not NPD.


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> He was a malignant narcissist as that term is defined[ * ]

From that page on Wikipedia:

"as a hypothetical syndrome, it would have..."

And a history full of anonymous edits, and people banned for abusing single purpose accounts.

You and your friends are not psychiatrists, however much you play one on the Internet, citing pages on Wikipedia that refer to this that do not exist by their own admission, and which I would be wholly unsurprised to learn if it's was shown that you had a notable role in its creation and/or content.




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