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12c - Clinical Personality Science of Narcissism Should Include the Clinic: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders

from Part III - Individual Disorders and Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2020

By
Aaron L. Pincus ,
Sindes Dawood ,
Leila Z. Wu  and
Chloe F. Bliton
Edited by
Carl W. Lejuez  and
Kim L. Gratz
Carl W. Lejuez
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Kim L. Gratz
Affiliation:
University of Toledo, Ohio
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Summary

The two commentaries reflect a long-standing dichotomy between clinically-experienced researchers who believe clinical personality science should reciprocally inform and be informed by the clinical enterprise (Ronningstam and Russell) and academic researchers who are dismissive of clinical complexity, eschew clinical contexts, and promote their preferred trait model (Weiss and Campbell). The commentary by Ronningstam and Russell reminds us that the clinical presentation and treatment of narcissism is complex and serious. The authors of this rejoinder fully agree. The commentary by Weiss and Campbell is anti-clinical in its stance and fails to effectively connect with the realities of clinical practice. The authors encourage these academic researchers to stop avoiding clinical complexity and clinical contexts, and instead, take advantage of advances in research methods, analytics, and technology to build a truly meaningful bridge between clinical personality science and practice.

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clinical sciencepersonality sciencepersonality disordernarcissismpsychotherapydiagnosis
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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders , pp. 300 - 301
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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