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Dependent and Histrionic Personality Disorders

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The categories of histrionic and dependent personality disorders have two major themes in common. First, both have their origins in early psychoanalytic writings on character structure. Second, both concepts have been associated with women. This chapter provides a historical review of the psychoanalytic ideas associated with these personality disorder categories, discusses the recent empirical studies relevant to the DSM-III/ DSM-III-R definitions of the categories, and concludes with comments on the possible sex bias in the diagnosis of the categories.

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Blashfield, R.K., Davis, R.T. (1993). Dependent and Histrionic Personality Disorders. In: Sutker, P.B., Adams, H.E. (eds) Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3008-4_16

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