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When did Havelock Ellis first identify narcissism as a mental disorder?
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narcissism
Narcissus, wall painting; from the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii, Italy, 14–62 ce.
The British essayist and physician Havelock Ellis first identified narcissism as a mental disorder in 1898.1