HISTRIONIC AND

NARCISSISTIC
PERSONALITIES

BY DENISE WILSON AND WENDY WHYMAN

 Not a mental illness
• Histrionic and narcissistic personalities is a
personality disorder not a mental illness
• Not the same but similar
• Two different personalities
• There are 3 classifications of a personality disorder
• Cluster A
• Cluster B
• Cluster C
• Histrionic and narcissistic are in the cluster B
classification
 Personality Disorders
• Stages of personality development stopped
• Example - age 2 terrible two’s, toddle
demanding what the want, attention, screaming
etc.
• Mid to late school age – bullying, aggressive
• Teenage years – its all about them, narcissistic
personality
• Early adulthood – finding place in world
becoming mature
 Cluster Classifications
• Cluster A = odd personality
• Lives by ones self believes in what's not real
• Example – star trek, aliens, etc.
• Cluster B = behavioural
• Example – anti-social, histrionic, narcissistic,
borderline
• Cluster C = worried
• Example – obsess about cleanliness, every
thing has to be perfect
 Cluster B
• Anti – social = most commonly criminals,
no regard for our peoples feelings, or
property
• Histrionic = someone who has to centre of
attention
• Narcissistic = all about self gratification
• Borderline = tend to overact quickly, feels
problems as bigger than they are
 Histrionic Personality
• Emotionally disconnected
• Lively, interesting, dramatic
• Centre of attention
• Can play the role of a victim or princess
• Difficulties maintain employment, and
romantic or sexual relationships
• Total dependence
• Craves stimulation, novelty
 Histrionic Personality
• Need to be 18 years of age to be diagnose
• 2-3 % of population have it
• Not usually a problem for the person with it
• Underlying medical problem
 Treatments
• Psychotherapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Need to get back to point in life where the
personality stopped developing or
• When a emotional trauma or incident
occurred
Nursing Implementations
 REFERENCES
• http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx17.htm
• http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx36.htm