title: Histrionic personality disorder in women with somatization disorder.
abstract: The clinical distinctions between histrionic personality disorder and somatization disorder have frequently been blurred. In this study, 60 women with somatization disorder were found to have histrionic personality disorder. A DSM-III diagnosis of histrionic personality disorder did not significantly help to improve the diagnosis of somatization disorder. A diagnosis of histrionic personality disorder should stimulate a search for better-validated Axis I diagnoses.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*