OBAMA NO LONGER HAS A PERSONALITY DISORDER: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS WEASEL ZIPPERS BY A DAY

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS YESTERDAY AGO:

BREAKING NEWS: OBAMA NO LONGER HAS A PERSONALITY DISORDER!

Because NPD is no longer a disorder.

(OBAMA & NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER.)

Weasel Zippers today:

Barack Obama Rejoice! Narcissism No Longer a Psychiatric Disorder…

Someone’s in the clear…

(NYT)- Narcissistic personality disorder, characterized by an inflated sense of self-importance and the need for constant attention, has been eliminated from the upcoming manual of mental disorders, which psychiatrists use to diagnose mental illness.

As Charles Zanor reports in today’s Science Times, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — due out in 2013 and known as D.S.M.-5 — has eliminated five of the 10 personality disorders that are listed in the current edition. The best known of these is narcissistic personality disorder.

H/T:David D.

Posted by ZIP on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at 1:24 PM | 23 Comments »

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