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Histrionic Personality Disorder

Is characterized by consistent attention-seeking, emotionality, a provocative and open behavior with false sense of intimacy in relationships.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder
PsychNet-UK Histrionic Personality Disorder Information Sheet Description, Causation, Treatment, Associated Features, Differential Diagnosis etc.

Histrionic Personality Disorder - A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts 3/5
  Histrionic Personality Disorder - Is a condition in which a person acts very emotional and dramatic in order to get attention. Medline Plus. 3/5
  Histrionic Personality Disorder - Excessive emotionality and attention seeking of a pervasive nature characterizes the Histrionic Personality (HP). In some classification schemes, this disorder was termed Hysterical Personality (DSM IV, 1994). An Article by Paul J. Hannig, Ph.D., MFCC . Not Rated
Understanding Histrionic Personality Disorder - (Formerly known as hysteria). An Article by Gary D. Hanson, M.A. Not Rated

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  What is "Histrionic Personality Disorder"? - Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by an excessive emotionality as well as a pattern of attention seeking. It's important to note that the attention seeking doesn't have to all be good attention. Patients with histrionic personality disorder often operate that any attention is better than no attention at all. This site also has a extremely good viseo explaining HPD. 3/5
   
 
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