User:Mr. Ibrahem/Histrionic personality disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of exaggerated emotions and attention-seeking behavior. This begins by early adulthood and occurs in multiple situations. Interactions may be described as seductive, charming, or theatrical. Those affected may also have a conversion disorder.

The cause is unknown, though may involve genetic and environmental factors. Diagnosis requires that symptoms be of a degree that causes impairment and are outside what is normal in a persons culture. It is a cluster B personality disorder.

Treatment is by supportive counselling or insight-oriented therapy. While medications are not used for the disorder itself, they may be used for associated issues. HPD is estimated to affect about 1.8% of people in the United States. Women are diagnosed four times more often than men, though this may relate to men going undiagnosed. It first occurred in the DSM in the second edition in 1968, though the symptoms were described more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates.