In histrionic personality disorder, the primary aim of the essential features and symptomatic behaviors is to:
a. keep the person as the focus of attention
b. maintain rigid, ritualistic order
c. foster a sense of grandiose entitlement
d. bully others into submission
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The person with histrionic personality disorder has a primary aim of being the focus of attention. The person may be flirtatious at times and exhibit labile mood, shifting from laughter to tears almost instantaneously.
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