title: Hysterical personality disorder. The process of diagnosis in clinical and experimental settings.
abstract: A study of the case notes of 52 patients with a diagnosis of hysterical personality disorder showed that 27 had no recorded features of that condition, but were frequently described as aggressive, uncooperative, or attention-seeking. Although 60% were recorded as depressed, only 17% received antidepressant treatment. In an experimental study, the core traits of the disorder were found to have a low inter-rater reliability. Two patients, who had received hospital diagnoses of hysterical personality disorder, were shown to display behaviour that caused psychiatrists to make a diagnosis on wholly inadequate information.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies