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Grandiosity

MedGen UID:
1050957
Concept ID:
CN375723
Finding
HPO: HP:5200270

Definition

Exaggerated feelings of self-importance, superiority, uniqueness, or invulnerability. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Kendler KS
Psychol Med 2017 Apr;47(6):1013-1029. Epub 2016 Dec 19 doi: 10.1017/S0033291716003238. PMID: 27989245
Velligan DI, Weiden PJ, Sajatovic M, Scott J, Carpenter D, Ross R, Docherty JP; Expert Consensus Panel on Adherence Problems in Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
J Clin Psychiatry 2009;70 Suppl 4:1-46; quiz 47-8. PMID: 19686636
Benazzi F
CNS Drugs 2007;21(9):727-40. doi: 10.2165/00023210-200721090-00003. PMID: 17696573

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Coleman SRM, Oliver AC, Klemperer EM, DeSarno MJ, Atwood GS, Higgins ST
Personal Disord 2022 May;13(3):210-220. Epub 2022 Jan 6 doi: 10.1037/per0000528. PMID: 34990195Free PMC Article
Coleman SRM, Bernstein MJ, Benfield JA, Smyth JM
J Am Coll Health 2022 Feb-Mar;70(2):634-643. Epub 2020 May 14 doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1762606. PMID: 32407166
Naasan G, Shdo SM, Rodriguez EM, Spina S, Grinberg L, Lopez L, Karydas A, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Rankin KP
Brain 2021 Apr 12;144(3):999-1012. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa413. PMID: 33501939Free PMC Article
Cain NM, Jowers C, Blanchard M, Nelson S, Huprich SK
Psychopathology 2021;54(1):26-38. Epub 2021 Jan 13 doi: 10.1159/000510475. PMID: 33440399
Gebauer JE, Sedikides C, Verplanken B, Maio GR
J Pers Soc Psychol 2012 Nov;103(5):854-78. Epub 2012 Aug 13 doi: 10.1037/a0029629. PMID: 22889074

Diagnosis

Coleman SRM, Oliver AC, Klemperer EM, DeSarno MJ, Atwood GS, Higgins ST
Personal Disord 2022 May;13(3):210-220. Epub 2022 Jan 6 doi: 10.1037/per0000528. PMID: 34990195Free PMC Article
Naasan G, Shdo SM, Rodriguez EM, Spina S, Grinberg L, Lopez L, Karydas A, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Rankin KP
Brain 2021 Apr 12;144(3):999-1012. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa413. PMID: 33501939Free PMC Article
Ackerman RA, Donnellan MB, Wright AGC
Curr Opin Psychiatry 2019 Jan;32(1):32-37. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000463. PMID: 30234526
Pincus AL, Lukowitsky MR
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2010;6:421-46. doi: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.121208.131215. PMID: 20001728
Allen RM, Young SJ
Am J Psychiatry 1978 Sep;135(9):1081-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.135.9.1081. PMID: 696930

Therapy

Safer DJ, Magno Zito J, Safer AM
Compr Psychiatry 2012 Nov;53(8):1110-7. Epub 2012 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.04.011. PMID: 22682679
Fowler D, Freeman D, Smith B, Kuipers E, Bebbington P, Bashforth H, Coker S, Hodgekins J, Gracie A, Dunn G, Garety P
Psychol Med 2006 Jun;36(6):749-59. Epub 2006 Mar 27 doi: 10.1017/S0033291706007355. PMID: 16563204
Fink M
Bipolar Disord 1999 Sep;1(1):54-60. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.1999.10112.x. PMID: 11256658
Geller B, Luby J
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1997 Sep;36(9):1168-76. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199709000-00008. PMID: 9291717
Allen RM, Young SJ
Am J Psychiatry 1978 Sep;135(9):1081-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.135.9.1081. PMID: 696930

Prognosis

Naasan G, Shdo SM, Rodriguez EM, Spina S, Grinberg L, Lopez L, Karydas A, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Rankin KP
Brain 2021 Apr 12;144(3):999-1012. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa413. PMID: 33501939Free PMC Article
Rosenthal SA, Hooley JM, Montoya RM, van der Linden SL, Steshenko Y
Assessment 2020 Apr;27(3):487-507. Epub 2019 Jul 3 doi: 10.1177/1073191119858410. PMID: 31267782
Dashineau SC, Edershile EA, Simms LJ, Wright AGC
Personal Disord 2019 Sep;10(5):473-478. Epub 2019 Jul 1 doi: 10.1037/per0000347. PMID: 31259606Free PMC Article
Krizan Z, Johar O
J Pers Soc Psychol 2015 May;108(5):784-801. Epub 2014 Dec 29 doi: 10.1037/pspp0000013. PMID: 25545840
Hare RD, Neumann CS
Can J Psychiatry 2009 Dec;54(12):791-802. doi: 10.1177/070674370905401202. PMID: 20047718

Clinical prediction guides

Carvalho LF, Sette CP, Costa ARL
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 2022 Oct-Dec;51(4):293-300. doi: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2020.11.011. PMID: 36496224
Naasan G, Shdo SM, Rodriguez EM, Spina S, Grinberg L, Lopez L, Karydas A, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Rankin KP
Brain 2021 Apr 12;144(3):999-1012. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa413. PMID: 33501939Free PMC Article
Edershile EA, Wright AGC
J Pers Soc Psychol 2021 May;120(5):1386-1414. Epub 2020 Oct 22 doi: 10.1037/pspp0000370. PMID: 33090821Free PMC Article
Dashineau SC, Edershile EA, Simms LJ, Wright AGC
Personal Disord 2019 Sep;10(5):473-478. Epub 2019 Jul 1 doi: 10.1037/per0000347. PMID: 31259606Free PMC Article
Krizan Z, Johar O
J Pers Soc Psychol 2015 May;108(5):784-801. Epub 2014 Dec 29 doi: 10.1037/pspp0000013. PMID: 25545840

Recent systematic reviews

Mroczkowski MM, Walkup JT, Appelbaum PS
West J Emerg Med 2021 May 19;22(3):533-542. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2021.1.49233. PMID: 34125023Free PMC Article
Kendler KS
Psychol Med 2018 Jul;48(10):1573-1591. Epub 2017 Oct 11 doi: 10.1017/S0033291717002768. PMID: 29017623

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