title: Murder.
abstract: Kernberg's concept of the malignant narcissist defines a realm of pathologic personality characterized by the coexistence of marked narcissistic and antisocial traits. This realm comprises what may be seen as a continuum of cases: persons at one end whose inhumanity and propensity toward evil are of modest proportions; at the other, persons manifesting extreme degrees of these qualities. The author has used the biographies of notorious murderers in constructing a scale of malignant narcissism. This scale should aid in defining more clearly the limits of amenability to psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D009289:Narcissism; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*