Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder By: Roman G. Tejeda
What Is It?
Intense perfectionism and inflexibility manifested in worrying, indecisiveness, and behavioral rigidity
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??? O_o
Associated Features Being very work oriented and less time to socialize Really rigid and have poor interpersonal
relationships Do not have any obsessive thoughts or compulsive
behaviorsWonder if they are not orderliness, so tend to
procrastinate Preoccupied with minor detail that forgets the main
purpose of a task
Etiology Psychosexual StageAnal Stage: A fixation in this stage can result to a personality that is too rigid or be really disordered
It’s a fixation that occurs in an early stage of a child's life which is from 18 months - 3 years of age
DSM-IV-TR
PrevalenceSystematic assessment shows the estimates of about 1% in the population
3-10% in individuals presenting to mental health clinics
TreatmentPsychodynamic psychotherapy: Therapist often
attack the fear of the need of the orderliness or use distraction technique to redirect the compulsive thoughts
Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy: Focus on the thought processes, may reinforce this ruminative tendency
Prognosis The rigidness and control of OCPD may prevent many of the
complications such as drug abuse, which are common in other personality disorders.
However, the social isolation and difficulty handling anger that are common with this illness may lead to feelings of depression and anxiety later in life.
Reference A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.(November 23,
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Moore, D.P., Jefferson J.W. (2004). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Philadelphia, Pa. Mosby Elsevier.
First MB. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Washington, DC. American Psychiatric Association.
First, M.F. (2002). DSM-IV-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis. Washington, D.C. American Psychiatrics Association
Discussion Questions Do you think serial killers would have Obsessive Compulsive
Personality Disorder due to the facts given in this presentation?
Would you consider medication for patient with this disorder with the characteristics of being really perfectionism?
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