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?