Running head: HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER TREATMENTS 1
Treatments for Histrionic Personality Disorder
Salina C. Sinclair
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER TREATMENTS 2
Abstract
There are several forms of treatment for histrionic personality disorder and personality disorders
in general respond well to the treatments. Psychotherapy is the primary treatment for people with
a personality disorder and can include several modified versions. For instance, some individuals
may respond well to analytic psychotherapy, psychohistoriographic brief psychotherapy, and
others may respond better to schema therapy. Another good treatment appears to be using
psychotherapy within a group setting may benefit from a compassion-focused therapy or
psychodynamic therapy. While electroconvulsive therapy also appears effective it is used mostly
after individuals do not respond to other forms of treatment.
Keywords: personality disorder, psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER TREATMENTS 3
Treatments for Histrionic Personality Disorder
Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is one of the cluster B personality disorders within
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychological Association,
2018). HPD is characterized by dramatic attention seeking behaviors. Some of the behaviors
include manipulation, rapidly shifting or shallow emotions, and may consider their relationships
to be more intimate than they are (American Psychological Association, 2018). The most
common form of treatment is psychotherapy, but several others are available and depends on
what the client will respond to. Group therapy and in some instances electroconvulsive therapy
have been used in the treatment of HPD.
Treatments
