"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The American Psychiatric Association characterizes the disorder as “excessive emotion and ...

Individuals with histrionic personality disorder (HPD) express emotion easily and dramatically. Regularly seen crying at weddings, their expression of affect may appear exaggerated. Individuals with ...

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 ...

The defense claims Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky suffers from a condition known as histrionic personality disorder which would caused him to write letters to his alledged ...