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KMID : 0387420120230020085
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2012 Volume.23 No. 2 p.85 ~ p.98
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A Case Report of a Somatization Disorder Patient with Histrionic Personality Disorder
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Kim Soo-Jung
Ryu Chun-Gil
Cho A-Ram
Sue Joo-Hee
Kim Ji-Na
Sung Woo-Wong
Park Jang-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: The histrionic personality disorder(HPD) is characterized by a pattern of excessive emotion and attention-seeking behavior, including a seductive behavior. It is known that HPD is closely related to a somatization disorder. The somatization disorder is characterized with various physical symptoms that have no pathologic manifestation. This report is on a case of 55 years old woman with HPD, who has been suffering from various physical symptoms that are coincided with diagnostic criteria for somatization disorder by DSM-IV.
Methods: The patient was treated with oriental medical treatments (acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping therapy, and herb-medication), hypnotic therapy, and emotional freedom techniques. The effects of treatment were measured by VAS.
Results: Chest pain was improved by hypnotic therapy and oriental medical treatments. But the patient’s pantalgia and abdominal discomfort were controlled effectively by emotional freedom techniques.
Conclusions: This result suggests that EFT might be effective for the defensive and dependent somatization disorder patient with HPD.
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KEYWORD
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Histrionic personality disorder, HPD, Somatization disorder, Hypnotic therapy, Emotional freedom techniques, EFT
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