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The Manipulative Personality
Ben Bursten, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1972;26(4):318-321.
Abstract
The diagnoses of sociopathy and antisocial personality have often been based on a mixture of psychological features and a record of offenses against society. Just as with other personality disorders, however, many people bearing these diagnoses have in common a particular personality organization. This organization is based on dynamics involving a very fragile narcissism which must be bolstered by contempt for others and a need to put something over on other people. I term this organization "manipulative personality." This personality type is not limited to people who commit offenses against society; in many walks of life this type of personality is adaptive and may be less apt to come to our attention.
Author Affiliations
West Haven, Conn
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb 19, 1971.
Dr. Bursten is in the private practice of psychoanalysis in New Haven, Conn, and affiliated with the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Conn.
Reprint requests to VA Hospital, West Spring St, West Haven, Conn 06516 (Dr. Bursten).
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