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Hi Kalicia, Thank you for the feedback.  I went to the Mayo Clinic website.  I think it is a very good hospital with a very good reputation.  I like to get a lot of medical information from there.  It has a section on narcissistic personality disorder.  Here it lists treatment as mostly with therapy.  There are really no medications specifically for narcissistic pd.  If a patient has other issues, such as depression or anxiety, then that can be treated with medication. In Jerome's case, there really didn't seem to be any underlying depression issues.  There are different types of therapy that can be used.  These are cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, and group therapy.  It really just depends on what is better suited to each individual.  Because personality traits can be so difficult to change, therapy can last for years.  The end goal is to create a realistic self-image. (Mayo, n.d.) Mayo Clinic (n.d.) Narcissistic Personality Disorder retrieved from:  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/treatment/con-20025568

My thoughts and opinions: I went with Alice.  I think she has three things going on with her.  (1) Disorganized and Catatonic Behavior, by what I read about this disorder, "often found wandering about, disheveled, malnourished, talking to themselves, and exhibiting unpredictable agitation along with having to be brought in by the police." After listening to her case, she is "disheveled and disoriented state and has sores on her feet, clothing is not clean smelled of alcohol and is homeless.  (2) I think she has a Paranoid Personality Disorder for example, her interview questions she answers them by acting like she does not want to answer the questions so she is exhibiting guarding signs by giving little or no information at all. And "she said the police stole her baby doll."  (3) And I believe she is showing signs of having delusions because of her baby doll which she believes is a baby. 

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