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What Does Depression Statistics Mean?
Someone once said that the statistics of depression are miserable, and in fact, the statistics showing how many American people are depressed are staggering. For example, the National Institute of Mental Health, called the NIMH, said that depression affects about 17 million adults every year in America. Unfortunately, this is much more than cancer, coronary heart disease and, even more … Continue reading
Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Prevalence and Co-morbidity
What is the Difference between Healthy Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder? In my book “Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited”, I define pathological narcissism as: “(A) life-long pattern of traits and behaviors which signify infatuation and obsession with one’s self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one’s gratification, dominance and ambition.” Luckily for … Continue reading
