Histrionic Personality Disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking behaviors, usually beginning in early childhood, including inappropriate seduction and an excessive desire for approval.

 

Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W094
Diagnosis: Histrionic Personality Disorder
US Patients: 2-3%
World Patients :
Sex Ratio: M; W3
Age Onset: Age 15
Brain Area: high noreprinephrine, leading to anxiety-proneness, dependency, high sociability;
Symptoms: excessive attention-seeking and desire for approval; high-functioning, manipulative social skills; with failures, depressed
Progression: must be center of attention; marital instability due to seeking attention from others besides spouse
Causes: 67% hereditary
Medications: antidepressants
Therapies: The concept is historical and Freudian.

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  • Personality traits and physical activity in patients with gambling disorder attending a rehabilitation center. An observational study
    by Inmaculada Fierro on November 27, 2024

    CONCLUSION: This study found a link between personality traits and physical activity levels in patients with GD. Gamblers with higher scores on obsessive-compulsive and self-destructive personality traits were more likely to fall into the moderate-high physical activity group. In contrast, those with higher scores on antisocial and borderline personality traits were more likely to be classified in the low physical activity group.

  • Fragment of an analysis of a case of hysteria - Dora's case and Freud's story
    by Iftah Biran on November 22, 2024

    Freud's "Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" stands as one of his most extensive case studies, weaving together his explorations of the Oedipus complex, dream analysis, and hysteria. In this study, I propose an alternative lens through which to interpret the case: as a Bildungsroman. While ostensibly focused on Dora, the analysand, and her journey to maturity, the narrative occasionally appears to be overshadowed by Freud's own experiences and story. I contend that this overtaking of...

  • Betrayal Trauma and Personality Pathology: An Integrated Review
    by Matthew M Yalch on November 21, 2024

    Personality pathology is a common and debilitating problem for many, and among the factors associated with personality pathology is trauma. Recent research on the association between personality pathology and trauma has highlighted the role of trauma perpetrated by a person whom the victim trusts and/or relies upon for support (i.e., betrayal trauma). There is an increasing number of studies on the association between betrayal trauma and a range of different forms of personality pathology,...

  • The power of images: hysteric symptoms as representations of the self
    by Cecilia Maria Esposito on November 18, 2024

    The diagnosis of hysteria, despite being fundamental in the birth of psychiatry, has currently been removed from nosography. This choice speaks of the renunciation by contemporary nosography of understanding psychopathological conditions as structural entities, with internal coherence and meaningfulness - which on the contrary should be reconsidered. Hysteria represents a mirror of social and cultural changes. The metamorphoses throughout history of hysterical symptoms reflect the changing...