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 ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A psychologist called to testify by actor Johnny Depp's attorneys said ...

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.

In part 1, readers learned how Nancy's early relational dynamics encouraged her need to be the center of attention and influenced tumultuous emotions. So overwhelming were her emotional experiences ...

BELLEFONTE — The judge in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial told jurors they cannot consider the defense theory that Jerry Sandusky has Histrionic Personality Disorder as a reason to acquit him of ...

Without medical evidence, Politico’s Jack Shafer accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of having histrionic personality disorder based off the billionaire's Twitter account. Shafer claimed on Wednesday that ...

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 ...

'If I had to sum up my mother in one anecdote, it would be this,' begins Ingrid*, a 44-year-old woman from Canberra, Australia. 'She turned up to my wedding stoned. In a white mini dress. Then cried ...

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