Histrionic Personality Disorder is characterized by intense emotions and a strong need to be the center of attention. The disorder is part of a group known as cluster B personality disorders, similar ...

While NPD and HPD do share some characteristics, the full extent of symptoms are very different. Treatment for both often includes professional support and medications. Our personalities define a ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) categorizes histrionic personality disorder (HPD) and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) into the same cluster of ...

The Mayo Clinic research group defines Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) as “a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive ...

In part 2 of the case of Nancy, readers learned how conversion disorder not uncommonly develops alongside histrionic personality disorder. The question remains, however: What makes these conditions ...