Narcissistic traits and suicide: a case of supportive psychotherapy on a psychosomatic medicine service

Psychosomatics. 2012 Jul-Aug;53(4):397-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.09.010. Epub 2012 Mar 27.

Authors

Peter R Knudsen¹, Lorin M Scher, James A Bourgeois

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. peter.knudsen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

PMID: 22458991
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.09.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Narcissism
Pain, Intractable / psychology
Pain, Intractable / therapy
Paraplegia / psychology*
Personality Disorders / diagnosis
Personality Disorders / psychology*
Physician-Patient Relations
Pressure Ulcer / therapy
Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychotherapy, Brief / methods*
Self Concept
Sepsis / therapy
Suicide / psychology*
Suicide Prevention
Treatment Refusal / psychology*