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Histrionic personality disorder - Definition, Description, Causes and symptoms, Demographics, Diagnosis, Treatments, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Histrionic personality disorder, often abbreviated as HPD, is a type of personality disorder in which the affected individual displays an enduring pattern of attention-seeking and excessively dramatic behaviors beginning in early adulthood and present across a broad range of situations. |
 | | Early psychoanalysts proposed that the genital phase, Freud's fifth or last stage of psychosexual development, is a determinant of HPD. |
 | | Early diagnosis can assist patients and family members to recognize the pervasive pattern of reactive emotion among individuals with HPD. |
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