著者

大矢 睦 大矢 大

出版者

関西医科大学医学会

雑誌

関西医科大学雑誌 (ISSN:00228400)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.42, no.3, pp.215-219, 1990-09-20 (Released:2013-02-19)

参考文献数

8

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There exists in human psychology the narcissism that is self-love, self-esteem and selfrespect. The narcissism would be divided into normal and pathological ones, both of which are hard to be differentiated from each other in the actual issues. Even those who possess a narcissistic personality usually appear to function socially quite well, and they are never to consult a psychiatrist. However, few need to see the psychiatrist and may present seriously disturbed behavior.In the present com munication, the authors have reported a 26-year-old female patient with the narcissistic personality in pathological sense. After having graduated from a university school, she became to work for a company and increasingly attained good social adjustment as an office lady. Somewhat abruptly, one of her male colleagues made a proposal to her. She was rapt up with this fact of the proposal itself and engaged to him without thought Then, she realized that she came to scorn him badly. After all, she broke off the engagement just before the wedding, and became to show frequently self-destructive behaviors. Urged by her mother, she first visited our hospital against her will.The authors have described the psychotherapeutic procedures c arried out for her in the actual treatment and reviewed Kernburg's research on the pathological narcissism.