Histrionic personality disorder
“The main reason why clinicians may not diagnose personality disorders is that they think that doing so supports therapeutic pessimism. Recent research has shown this is not true; most patients get better, either with time or with treatment, that the prognosis is actually better than in many patients with severe mood and anxiety disorders.”
― Joel Paris
What do you mean by histrionic personality disorder?
Histrionic personality disorder is a type of psychological problem in which a person has an excessive attention-seeking problem, excessive need for approval and inappropriate seduction. This personality disorder develops in mostly in early adulthood. You might know some friends of yours who have a constant attention seeking problem and the keep on doing different things to fulfill their desires of being in the center of stage. However, you cannot say that they have this personality disorder until or unless they are doing it excessively. As humans we want to be noticed and we want to have a significant importance in the eyes of others but when this behavior exceeds a certain level it becomes problematic and therefore it impairs your ability to perform well in personal and occupational settings.
Causes of Histrionic Personality Disorder
The causes of Histrionic personality disorder are very much similar to other personality disorders because the roots of all personality disorders are expected to be same. There are some common causes which specialists consider are the causes of histrionic disorders. They are the following.
- Environmental factors
- Family history
- Changes in brain functions
- Learned behaviours from others which we called modelling
Symptoms of Histrionic Personality Disorder
Following are the most common symptoms of histrionic personality disorder:
- Try to self-destruction
- Change feelings rapidly
- Uncomfortable in the event that somebody doesn’t give them consideration
- Act drastically
- Over worried about physical appearance
- Constant look for endorsement
- Easily impacted by others
- React without intuition
- Relationships issues
- Self-focused individuals and couldn’t care less about others
- Have a low resilience level
- Making incorrect choices
Risk Factors of Histrionic Personality Disorder
Following are some of the observed risk factors of histrionic personality disorder:
- If you have a family history of personality disorder
- Due to some changes in brain functions leads to histrionic personality disorder
Common Complications
Following are the common complications you may face if you are having a histrionic personality disorder:
- Social problems
- Relationship problems
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Depression
Diagnosing Histrionic Personality Disorder
Following are the methodologies and techniques used by the doctors or psychiatrist:
- Psychiatric evaluation
- Asking about the symptoms you have experience
- Diagnostic criteria from DSM-5
Treating Histrionic Personality Disorder
Doctors can treat this type of psychological problems by the following methods and techniques which we discussed here:
- Medications
- Psychotherapy
Like all other personality disorders histrionic personality disorder is also not hundred percent treatable however through psychotherapy and counselling psychologist and psychiatrist have successfully helped clients maintain a healthy atmosphere in their home and at their workplace.