The diagnostic criteria emphasizes a pervasive pattern of deficits in interpersonal relatedness and peculiarities of ideation, of appearance and behavior. Relatively little is known about the long-term course and prognosis of the disorder, although it appears to be chronic. The schizotypals are not frankly psychotic in the way that schizophrenic individuals are. Borderline personality disorder surprisingly overlaps the schizotypal personality disorder more than one might think. Because there are many borderline individuals who have Histrionic personality disorder is the grandchild of the diagnosis of hysteria.
Hysterical people are typically imaginative, often with well-developed emotional intuition.
They tend to look at the world in over impressionistic terms rather than focusing on details, so they tend to be headline readers. They gravitate toward activities that don t necessarily involve concentration for long hours on facts and details, but they are often very creative and colorful. Histrionic personality disorder is really hysteria run amok. It s hysterical personality traits carried to an extreme that is maladaptive. Histrionic individuals can be quite colorful and outgoing.