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Delusional disorder

The case of the man who called himself Clark Rockefeller kept Bostonians and observers around the world scratching their heads for months. When Rockefeller (whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter) went to trial for kidnapping his daughter, the defense presented Rockefeller as narcissistic and delusional, to the point that he could not tell that his actions were wrong.
The case of the man who called himself Clark Rockefeller kept Bostonians and observers around the world scratching their heads for months. When Rockefeller (whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter) went to trial for kidnapping his daughter, the defense presented Rockefeller as narcissistic and delusional, to the point that he could not tell that his actions were wrong.
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