Dr. Eric Bender

There's specific criteria if you're talking in a psychiatric sense, psychological sense of narcissism.

I think they're talking about people who are totally absorbed with themselves, not considering other people, think they deserve the best treatment.

They should be the center of attention.

They're pursuing unlimited power, beauty, money, whatever.

Those are narcissistic traits.

And maybe you are seeing them in people you date.

are you displaying them also or what's happening?

What I would love to see more of is I'd love to see psychiatrists and primary care doctors talking more and saying, this is how you might ask about this.

I'd love to see primary care doctors say, are you having any thoughts of suicide?

Are you having any thoughts of harming yourself?

And following up with those questions too.

I'd love to see them not leading the patient in answers.

Like, are you having any of this?

Like not nodding their head, but like just ask the question and then see what patients are saying.

It doesn't have to all be forms.

That's one way to do it, but- Like the PHQ-9, the CAT-7.

You don't like those?

No, I like them, but I'm saying it doesn't have to be only that.

Like if you look at it and it's low score, I'd still ask, ask your patients.

I noticed on here, you wrote these things down.