mental health disorders
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Introduction
Histrionic personality disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized by a pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking. People with histrionic personality disorder continually demand to be the center of attention and often try to do so by dressing and acting in inappropriately seductive and provocative ways and by expressing themselves very dramatically. Doctors diagnose histrionic personality disorder based on specific symptoms, including discomfort due to not being the center of attention, inappropriately seductive or provocative interaction with others, and dramatic behavior and expression of emotion. Psychotherapy that focuses on underlying conflicts may help. Overview of Personality Disorders are mental health conditions that involve long-lasting, pervasive patterns of thinking, perceiving, reacting, and relating that cause the person significant distress and/or impair the person's ability to function. People with histrionic personality disorder use their physical appearance and act in inappropriately seductive or provocative ways to gain the attention of others. They often behave in submissive ways to retain the attention of others. Histrionic personality disorder occurs in about 2% of people in the United States. Some studies suggest it affects men and women equally. Other disordersare also often present. They include one or more of the following: Other personality disorders ( Antisocial Personality Disorder , Somatic Symptom Disorder , which may be the reason they see a doctor Major depressive disorder or Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder None 