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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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  1. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder By: Roman G. Tejeda

  2. What Is It? • Intense perfectionism and inflexibility manifested in worrying, indecisiveness, and behavioral rigidity • WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??? O_o

  3. 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 behaviors • Wonder if they are not orderliness, so tend to procrastinate • Preoccupied with minor detail that forgets the main purpose of a task

  4. Etiology • Psychosexual Stage • Anal 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

  5. DSM-IV-TR

  6. Prevalence • Systematic assessment shows the estimates of about 1% in the population • 3-10% in individuals presenting to mental health clinics

  7. Treatment • Psychodynamic 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

  8. 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.

  9. Reference • A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.(November 23, 2010). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001938/. • 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

  10. 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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