Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a mental health condition that causes people to use their looks or act overly dramatic to get attention.

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 ...

Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by constant attention-seeking, emotional overreaction, and suggestibility. A person with this condition tends to over-dramatize situations, which ...

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

Disorder starts when parts of our personality become maladaptive, spilling out into every aspect of our life and diminishing our ability to form healthy relationships with others.

People with histrionic disorder love being the center of attention, which can make them fun to be around but also embarrassing at times.

It's called histrionic personality disorder, and as briefly as possible, it is about needing a lot of attention and getting it with nonstop dramatic displays of emotion.

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 ...