On the uses and abuses of narcissism as a public health issue.

Freestone, Mark; Osman, Magda; Ibrahim, Yasmin · Br J Psychiatry · 2022

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Abstract

Psychiatry understands narcissism as a pathological condition associated with poor social outcomes and difficulty relating to others. Millennials have been depicted by psychological research as 'narcissistic', and the term has lost accurate meaning. We underline the intellectual laxity of conflating social changes with narcissism and suggest ways forward.