What Is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
8. Risk Factors
It is all but impossible to say who will develop the condition. However, we do know that some people are statistically more prone to histrionic personality disorder than others are. These include people for whom there is a history of the condition in their family. Having other mental health conditions will also make somebody more prone.
Patients who were bought up with little discipline and generally given whatever they like as children as also in a higher risk category. People who experienced considerable stress as a child are also more prone, and this includes people who suffered abuse as a child.
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