Psychiatric Care for Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Los Angeles
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Our Long Beach Location
At Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility in Long Beach, California, our inpatient and outpatient services are structured to provide a safe, supportive environment focused on symptom stabilization and mental well-being.
Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental health condition characterized by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy for others. Individuals with NPD often have an inflated sense of their own importance and believe they are superior to others, which can lead to difficulties in relationships and social functioning.
They may exploit others to meet their own needs, require excessive attention, and struggle with criticism. While some traits of narcissism can be normal, NPD involves persistent and intense patterns that significantly impair a person’s daily life and relationships. Treatment is often aimed at developing healthier self-esteem and improving interpersonal skills.
Common Signs of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Entitlement
- Exploitation of others
- Need for compliments or admiration
- Extreme belief in self-importance
- Fantasies of having wealth, beauty, power, or intelligence
- Thoughts of superiority
- Arrogance
- Vulnerability
- Envy
- Diminishing others
When It’s Time to Seek Help
When a patient’s mental health is declining, it affects their cognitive, physical, and emotional health. Overwhelming feelings linked to stress or traumatic events can disrupt their day-to-day routines.
Deciding to seek treatment for a loved one or for your acute psychiatric crisis can be challenging. You may not know the warning signs of a mental health crisis. If you or a loved one needs crisis stabilization, please call Ocean View directly to speak with a knowledgeable team member. Alternatively, you can visit our website to find our email address.
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How Our Program Differs
We know you’re different from anyone else, so we offer acute mental health care that meets your unique needs. With Ocean View, you’ll experience stabilization-focused care that provides structure and support without stigma. With your input, we build partnerships with medical and behavioral health services so you can transition from us to your daily life. We do this through providing comprehensive mental health services that are accessible to everyone.
- On-site Team of Psychiatrists: Our on-site psychiatrists provide medication stabilization, monitoring, and management. Your well-being is vital throughout your stay in our inpatient mental health crisis facility and our outpatient services.
- Case Management & Aftercare Support: Case management begins when you’re admitted to either our inpatient or outpatient program. Our case managers and social workers ensure you have a safe place to go, whether that’s housing or a facility, once you leave us.
- Transportation Coordination Provided: We offer transportation services coordinated with a trusted provider that takes you to and from inpatient intake, discharge destinations, as well as transportation to/from our onsite outpatient programs. *Transportation is provided to patients within a 50-mile radius
- Stabilization for Managing Psychiatric Symptoms: Ocean View provides 24/7 inpatient psychiatric care. We also have outpatient treatment programs.
- Patient Resource Network: Transitioning from inpatient or outpatient treatment can be overwhelming. That’s why we have an opt-in patient follow-up option. You don’t have to be alone in managing your symptoms.
Our Levels of Care for Those Struggling With Personality Disorders
Understanding the different levels of care available can help you make informed decisions about your mental health treatment. At Ocean View, we offer comprehensive options tailored to meet varying needs, from intensive inpatient programs to supportive outpatient services. Our goal is to provide the appropriate level of care to promote recovery and stability.
Our Inpatient Psychiatric Care
Individuals presenting with psychiatric symptoms can be admitted to Ocean View’s inpatient unit. Because mental health challenges present in a variety of ways, some of the criteria for admission include:
- Insomnia, racing thoughts, impulsivity, rapid or pressured speech
- Abnormal bouts of euphoric energy
- Reckless behavior or making decisions that affect an individual’s safety or well-being
- Inability to provide shelter, food, and safety as a result of mental impairment
- Helplessness, hopelessness
- Suicidal or homicidal ideations
- Psychosis
- Self-harming behaviors
Personalized Care
Ocean View’s inpatient program provides personalized, empathetic, comprehensive care. Our care team provides:
- Licensed psychiatric care
- 24/7 nursing and monitoring
- 6 daily group sessions
- Psychoeducational groups that focus on understanding acute psychosis and its symptoms
- Therapeutic recreation sessions that support emotional regulation and engagement through structured activities such as art, painting, and music
- Coping skills development to help with symptom management and quieting negative thoughts or feelings
- Patients are placed in groups based on the severity of their symptoms
Medication Stabilization
Medication management is a key part of our inpatient crisis stabilization, where medications are carefully reviewed and prescribed based on each individual’s medical history, needs, and potential side effects. If a patient is experiencing agitation or other symptoms, appropriate medications may be used to help manage these issues safely. Continuous monitoring allows our healthcare team to make adjustments as needed to ensure optimal care and safety throughout treatment.
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Outpatient Levels of Care
Ocean View’s outpatient levels of care follow an inpatient stay or when symptoms aren’t acute enough to warrant hospitalization. Once your symptoms are evaluated, you will be admitted to either our partial hospitalization program (PHP) or intensive outpatient program (IOP). Both levels of care provide a safe, structured care that supports your symptom management.
Partial Hospitalization Program
- Four group sessions a day that meet five days a week
- Sessions that include a psychoeducational group led by a social worker and a therapeutic recreation support session led by a recreation therapist
- Case management
- Snacks and lunch
Intensive Outpatient Program
- Coping skills and emotional regulation
- Community reintegration
Continued Medication Management Support With Our PHP and IOP
Aftercare & Opt-In Patient Follow-Up
- Case manager support
- Outpatient transitions
- Housing or facility placements
- Community support referrals
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Moving Forward With Narcissism Treatment in Los Angeles
FAQs
Mental health disorders like histrionic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder can be mistaken for NPD. Sometimes the symptoms of depression (self-doubt, low self-esteem, and feeling entitled) can be mistaken for NPD.
Yes, treatment for narcissistic personality disorder is available in Los Angeles County. Ocean View is conveniently located near Los Angeles, making it easy and accessible to get treatment.
There are several potential root causes of NPD, including genetics, extreme or inconsistent parenting (special treatment like overpraise or negative treatment like harsh criticism), abuse, neglect, or trauma.
While there isn’t a cure for narcissism, it can be treated with psychotherapy modalities like cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
(Please note: This information is provided for educational purposes only. Ocean View does not offer CBT, DBT)
Medication for narcissistic personality disorder isn’t necessary because there isn’t a medication for it. However, medication can be prescribed for co-occurring disorders like anxiety.
Yes, many insurance plans cover treatment for NPD. However, coverage may vary from one insurance plan to another. The admissions team at Ocean View will verify your insurance coverage when you call or email them.
Yes, we recognize the vital role of family support and the importance of including family members in mental health recovery. While Ocean View provides short-term crisis stabilization, we also work to involve families in family therapy through support groups and family education. Our goal is to help patients and their loved ones build a strong support system and healthy relationships that promote long-term healing and stability. Family participation is encouraged to foster positive outcomes and ongoing progress.
Yes. We welcome referrals from healthcare professionals who want to ensure their patients receive specialized psychiatric crisis care. Our team collaborates closely with referring providers to facilitate a seamless transition into our facility. We are dedicated to working with you to support your patients’ mental health needs efficiently and compassionately.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental health disorder that has several types. The different types of NPD include:
- Overt (Grandiose) Narcissism: This type of narcissism is the most well-known type of NPD. An overt narcissist is often extroverted, social, egotistical, bossy, and overly competitive. They need compliments, are attention-seeking, struggle to empathize with others, and have an over-inflated self-esteem and self-worth.
- Covert (Vulnerable) Narcissism: Covert narcissism is the opposite of overt narcissism. A person with covert narcissism is exceptionally focused on themselves and looks for validation, but they use self-depreciation and backhanded compliments to get it. Often they play the victim, shame, blame, have a lack of empathy, or can’t take criticism.
- Antagonistic Narcissism: Antagonistic narcissism is a subtype of overt narcissism. Antagonistic narcissists are highly competitive, seek rivalry, argue to argue, and will take advantage of people.
- Communal Narcissism: The signs of a communal narcissist include their claim to a moral code that is based on fairness, but they don’t follow that code. They can also think of themselves as caring, giving, show emotional outrage at perceived acts of unfairness, and are extremely sensitive to what they see as injustice.
- Malignant Narcissism: Mental health researchers consider malignant narcissism as the most serious type. They believe it is a combination of narcissism and antisocial personality. A person with malignant narcissism will often be vindictive, sadistic, paranoid, and aggressive, and will not allow criticism.
The symptoms of NPD can be magnified when another mental health condition is co-occurring. Patients with NPD and anxiety may have extreme stress, or a patient with bipolar disorder may experience an increased perception of self during their mood swings.
The coping tools a person with NPD may use are often harmful and can be dangerous. For example, a patient may use food as a way to handle their emotional distress, interpersonal issues, or lack of empathy towards others.
Narcissistic symptoms can also be a way to cope with feelings of vulnerability and lack of self-esteem. The use of narcissistic behaviors, like an inflated sense of self-importance or attention seeking, can hide or make it challenging to discover the underlying causes of NPD.
The trained mental health professionals at Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility use evidence-based interventions to stabilize acute psychiatric symptoms. Once stabilized, patients can continue working with their personal therapist to explore and address the underlying factors contributing to NPD-related behaviors.
There are common co-occurring mental health disorders that are linked with narcissism. Some of the mental health disorders and their personality traits include:
- Depression: Those with NPD may also have the symptoms of depression because of the lack of self-esteem, the toll of interpersonal relationships, and shame.
- Anxiety: The grandiose image a person with NPD displays is stressful; the stress and the fear of being criticized can lead to feelings of anxiety.
- Bipolar Disorder: During the hypomanic or manic stage, a person may have an inflated sense of self, and when they experience the depressive stage, they can feel more vulnerable.