title: A self-psychology approach to narcissistic personality disorder: a nursing reflection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The use of Heinz Kohut's self-psychology perspective in understanding and providing care for patients with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe how nurses can apply the self-psychology perspective as a way to understand the development of self for individuals with NPD and to enhance the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and patient with NPD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Theoretical literature; the author's clinical experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Self-psychology provides nurses with a theoretical perspective that can enhance the interpersonal relationship between the nurse and patient with NPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. dromano@mtsinai.on.ca
authors.forename: Donna M Czuchta
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003379:Countertransference; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D010358:Patient Participation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012649:Self Concept; D019455:Self Psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology