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"You Had One Eye in the Mirror as You Watched

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"You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself…/You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you/You're so vain . . ." sang Carly Simon in the 1973 #1 hit, "You're So Vain." If the subject of the song were diagnosed with a personality disorder, what would be the MOST likely diagnosis?


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Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology, developed by Sigmund Freud.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist best known for developing the theories and techniques of psychoanalysis.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic process in which the patient verbalizes thoughts as they occur, without censorship or filtering, to uncover hidden feelings and desires.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach founded by Freud that aims to explore unconscious motivations and conflicts.

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