Histrionic Personality Disorder

Dorfman, William I.

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“…Formulations of HPD tend to originate in the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic schools (Hingley, 2001), although brief psychodynamic (Dorfman, 2000), radical behavioural (Koerner, Kohlenberg, & Parker, 1996), cognitive (Beck & Freeman, 1990), cognitive‐behavioural (Kraus & Reynolds, 2001; Rasmussen, 2005), functional analytic (Callaghan, Summers, & Wieldman, 2003), interpersonal (Benjamin, 1996) and the use of hypnosis (McNeal, 2003) approaches are also available. Across all such schools (including that of radical behavioural), therapeutic emphasis is firmly placed upon interpersonal processes, with overly diffuse identities (Horowitz, 2004) and conflicting states of mind (Horowitz, 1997), playing important maintaining roles in HPD presentations.…”

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A time series evaluation of the treatment of histrionic personality disorder with cognitive analytic therapy

Kellett

2007

Psychol Psychother

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The central aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) with a patient presenting with Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). The methodology employed an A/B single case time-series experimental design, with additionally 6 months of continuous follow-up in the experimental measures. Five HPD experimental variables were collected on a daily basis, creating 357 days of continual data for analysis, across various phases of assessment baseline (A), treatment (B) and follow-up. The therapy contract was 24 sessions of CAT, with 4 additional follow-up sessions, spread over the 6-month's post-therapy period. Three out of the five HPD experimental variables (focus on physical appearance, emptiness and child inside) displayed statistically significant phase of treatment effects. Graphing of such data indicated that a 'sudden deterioration' occurred at the point of termination, with eventual recovery and maintenance of the progress made during the intervention. A battery of validated clinical measures were also completed at assessment, termination and final follow-up sessions; analysis of the general measures illustrated clinically significant change, indexing personality integration and reductions to depression. The study is discussed in terms of methodological and clinical limitations, the central importance of process issues and effective termination in HPD, plus the potential utility of CAT in the treatment of HPD presentations.

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A time series evaluation of the treatment of histrionic personality disorder with cognitive analytic therapy

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2007

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

Dorfman

2010

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology

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Histrionic Personality Disorder is one of 10 personality disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐IV‐TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). DSM‐IV‐TR defines a personality disorder as an enduring pattern of inner experience and inflexible, pervasive, and ultimately self‐defeating behavior, which is “stable and of long duration and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood” (p. 689). Individuals diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder typically display exaggerated attention‐seeking behavior, dramatic emotionality, and often sexually seductive or otherwise provocative behavior, all of which are intended to manipulate others to ensure that their childlike dependency needs might be met. One's initial impression of such individuals is that of a rather charming, outgoing, and entertaining person who is often flirtatious and places a great deal of emphasis on his or her physical attractiveness. However, as time passes it becomes evident that this interpersonal style is a superficial façade, calculated to exploit and manipulate others into providing them with excitement and a corresponding, albeit fleeting, sense of self‐worth and identity.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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A time series evaluation of the treatment of histrionic personality disorder with cognitive analytic therapy

A time series evaluation of the treatment of histrionic personality disorder with cognitive analytic therapy

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