The Everything Guide to Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Professional, reassuring advice for coping with the disorder - at work, at home, and in your family (Everything® Series)

by Cynthia Lechan Goodman

Today, however, it is believed that parental neglect is more likely responsible for NPD. Neglect does not have to be just the obvious physical abandonment. Emotional neglect by parents can sometimes take on many not-so-noticeable forms.