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marissany1 · Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 166 Location: new york

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: Narcissim and affluence?

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I work in investment banking in NYC in a predominantly male oriented business..I cant tell you how much I see this 'boys locker room mentality' over and over again at work. My anaylst class was only 5 years ago and already more than half the guys have changed from being humble and sweet to being self absorbed and pompous .... Is it all because of the almighty $$?

I didnt want to live in the city so I moved to a suburb in CT and I see the roots of the ME ME ME mentality taking place in the kids around here from parents who want to live vicariously through them.

Has there ever been a study on demographics, geographics etc of where Narcissim is more prevalent? Am I more likely to keep meeting them? I will move if I have to Smile

thanks
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samvaknin · Site Admin Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 2316

According to the DSM IV-TR, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is diagnosed in between 2% and 16% of the population in clinical settings (between 0.5-1% of the general population). The DSM-IV-TR proceeds to tell us that most narcissists (50-75% of all patients) are men.

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Robert B. Millman, professor of psychiatry at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical School thinks it can. He proposes to reverse the accepted chronology. According to him, pathological narcissism can be induced in adulthood by celebrity, wealth, and fame.

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