5/21/07

Histrionic Personality Disorder

People with this disorder excessively seek emotion and attention for themselves. This disorder can be recognized by these symptoms: the person is uncomfortable when he/she is not the center of attention, easily suggestible, uses physical appearance to draw attention, emotions are rapidly changing and shallow, speech very impressionistic and lacks detail, thinks that relationships are more intimate than they really are, exaggerated expression of emotion, and interaction with others is usually characterized by inappropriate sexual behavior...more