Dependent and Histrionic Personality Disorders

Blashfield, Roger K.; Davis, Roger T.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-3008-4_16

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“…It is worth mentioning that those with a primary diagnosis of HPD were fewer (N = 120; 23%). These numbers are in line with Blashfield and Davis (1993) who report a HPD prevalence rate of up to 24% in psychiatric populations. More recent studies report smaller prevalence rates of 1-6% in clinical outpatient samples (Keown et al, 2002;Ranger et al, 2004;Zimmermann et al, 2005); however, it should be taken into account that the present sample was recruited at a centre specialized in the treatment of PD patients and is thus not representative of the average clinical population.…”

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Change processes in psychotherapy for patients presenting with histrionic personality disorder

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Penedo

Berger

et al. 2022

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Objective Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) with a lifetime prevalence rate of 1.8% is an under‐researched psychiatric diagnosis. The present study therefore aimed to investigate both the processes and outcomes of psychotherapy for HPD in a non‐controlled study. Methods A total of 159 patients diagnosed with HPD were recruited and received clarification‐oriented psychotherapy. Sessions 15, 20, and 25 were video‐recorded and analysed using the Process‐Content‐Relationship Scale. Therapy outcome was assessed with symptom measures at intake and discharge. Hierarchical linear modelling was applied to estimate the changes in the psychotherapeutic outcome and associations with patient and therapist process developments. Results Improvements in relationship processes of patients and therapists were systematically related to outcome while only partial relationships were found on the levels of process and content. Conclusion The present study represents the first systematic insight into core changes in patients with HPD undergoing psychotherapy.

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Change processes in psychotherapy for patients presenting with histrionic personality disorder

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Berger

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“…Clients may seek help due to their feelings of depression for example, rather than their awareness or dissatisfaction with apparent histrionic traits (Horowitz, 1991). Histrionic traits leave clients prone to associated difficulties, with high comorbidity rates illustrated with anxiety (Blashfield & Davis, 1993), somatization (Reich, 1987), dissociative disorders (Boon & Draijer, 1993; Millon, 1994) and dysthymia (Pepper et al , 1995).…”

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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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“…estimated its prevalence at 2.1% in the general population of the USA 25 . Accordingly, histrionic PD is known to have a moderately high prevalence in the community 26,27 . By comparison, the prevalence of histrionic PD by PDQ‐4+ appeared to be high.…”

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Classification of frequency distributions of diagnostic criteria scores in twelve personality disorders by the curve fitting method

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Youn

et al. 2003

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether each personality disorder (PD) has a different frequency distribution of diagnostic criteria, and to classify the distribution of each PD on the basis of shape by the curve fitting method. A total of 4740 male subjects in early adulthood completed the Korean version of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (4th revision; PDQ-4 + ). The frequency distribution of scores in each PD was specified to the best fitted model by the curve estimation procedure. Twelve distributions of PD criteria were fitted to three types of curve models (quadratic, cubic, and logistic). The quadratic model included obsessive-compulsive and histrionic PD. The cubic model included borderline, narcissistic, avoidant, passive-aggressive, paranoid, and schizotypal PD. The logistic model contained dependent, depressive, schizoid, and antisocial PD. The results suggest that each PD has a different type of distribution and each distribution of PD might be classified to a specific curve model. Also, the results suggest that the issue of continuities between PD and the normal group could not be generalized to all PD, but should be considered individually for each PD.

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Dependent and Histrionic Personality Disorders

Cited by 12 publications

References 65 publications

Change processes in psychotherapy for patients presenting with histrionic personality disorder

Change processes in psychotherapy for patients presenting with histrionic personality disorder

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

Classification of frequency distributions of diagnostic criteria scores in twelve personality disorders by the curve fitting method

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