title: Identifying narcissistic personality disorders in preadolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish whether consensus exists among 3 diagnostic systems that outline criteria for narcissistic personality disorders (NPDs) in children (Kernberg), in adolescents (Bleiberg), and in adults primarily (DSM-IV) and to identify age-related criteria for preadolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comparative analysis was used to determine the rate of concordance for the 9 DSM-IV criteria for NPD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is a high concordance among the 3 systems for DSM criteria, suggesting that NPD can be identified among preadolescents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preliminary ways of adapting DMS-IV criteria for NPD in this age group are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Borderline Conditions Program, Douglas Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guilé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009289:Narcissism; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales