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Narcissistic Personality Disorder 

Provide a brief summary of your case scenario.

Scott was a prominent figure in the community. He was looked up to by members of his church. His peers adored him. He put dangerous criminal behind bars. As a young man he was in the military for 20 years. He was extremely put together. He wore nothing but the best suits, Gucci, Givenchy, or Armani. Shinny shoes, nail manicured, and face always shaved. He was married with 3 children. He thought they were just as good looking as he was. He was also a narcissist. He believes he was above the law. He would take bribes from other wealthy community leaders to sway outcomes of court cases. He was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was more upset about the uniform he had to wear then going to prison.

While in prison he became a recluse and feared he would be talked about and targeted by others. Scott believe he was superior to everyone else in prison. He thinks that he should be treated different than others. He believes he is to intelligent and no one is on his level. He thought others were stupid. He thought his brain was a computer and he was on an inland called inferior island. He would often talk about himself to others as their superior. He believes it was other people’s fault that he was in jail and he was the victim. He is aggressive towards others that don’t believe him when he speaks about his many accomplishment or don’t agree with him at all. He thinks that other people are out to get him for his intelligence. He started to seek out people who wants to learn from him and get educated by him and what he has to offer. Come to find out he was really manipulating people to do what he wanted them to do. If he is criticized for anything his behavior would become cold, insulting, threatening and enrage. He doesn’t think I the therapist can understand him because I too am not as accomplished as he is.

Describe the behaviors associated with narcissistic personality disorder that were shown in the case scenario.

Describe difficulties you may face while working with this inmate or offender.

Describe possible ways this inmate or offender may use manipulation in the correctional setting

Describe possible treatment interventions for this inmate or offender, as well as the pros and cons of each.

Possible treatment

Psychotherapy is a treatment that often helps many people with personality disorders.

Medication can help with the extreme highs this client has

Logotherapeutic therapy can also help.

Pros and Cons

Psychotherapy and Logotherapeutic therapy are time consuming and also take time to take effect which is a negative of them as treatment.

Medication can be long term or have side effects and usually has to be taken at the same time which can be negative.

Pros can be learning tools to help deal with the disorder for long term care.

Another pro is that the client will have relief of the symptoms faster if on medication. (Rogina, 2004).

References

Rogina, J. M. (2004). Treatment and interventions for narcissistic personality disorder. In International Forum for Logotherapy. Viktor Frankl Inst of Logotherapy.