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 ...

Jerry Sandusky's defense team says their client has something called histrionic personality disorder, a condition that they claim can explain much of their client's behavior as he faces more than 50 ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky, the assistant Penn State football coach on trial for sexual assault on minors, have suggested Sandusky suffers from histrionic personality disorder, and that the disorder ...

Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky say they will bring in an expert to testify on “histrionic personality disorder,” arguing that the former Penn State assistant football coach’s behavior is consistent with a ...

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a condition that is characterized by acting overly dramatic. People with HPD may have shifting, shallow emotions and use their appearance to get attention.

A psychologist called to testify by actor Johnny Depp's attorneys said on Tuesday that ex-wife Amber Heard could have a personality disorder. Dr. Shannon Curry, a licensed clinical and forensic ...

The current trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former football coach at Penn State University accused of pedophilia with a number of young children, has recently brought histrionic personality disorder into ...

This week, the defense for the former Penn State assistant football coach on trial for the alleged sexual abuse of multiple children asked to have a psychiatrist evaluate Jerry Sandusky for histrionic ...

Here's where the problems start, though: While on the stand, Dr. Curry said that BPD is commonly "a predictive factor in women who implement violence against their partner." Then she stated that women ...

Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by constant attention-seeking, emotional overreaction, and seductive behavior. People with this condition tend to overdramatize situations, which may ...

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