Histrionic Personality Disorder

Histrionic Trait Characteristics

Histrionic disorder belongs to Cluster B: there is extroversion, amplified or unpredictable emotionality.

Artificial and theatrical
Exuberant, changeable, childish and superficial emotionality
Exaggerated attention-seeking
Frivolous interpersonal relationships
React badly and are unhappy if they are not the center of attention
Seductive and provocative
Desire for dependence and protection hidden behind a mask

* They are suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others and by circumstances.

* They invent illnesses.

* The prevalence in the general population is 1.84%.

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Source (in Spanish): Wenceslao Vial, Madurez psicológica y espiritual, Palabra.

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