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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

In the words of Dr. Shannon Curry, the clinical and forensic psychologist in the Depp-Heard defamation lawsuit, HPD is associated with “drama and shallowness,” and a need to be the center of attention ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." In extreme cases, these behaviors can be signs of histrionic personality disorder (HPD). The American ...

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 ...

The defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard went into Day 9 on Tuesday in Virginia, where Dr. Shannon Curry was called to the stand to testify for Team Depp. Curry, a clinical and ...