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Go to the next Related Disorder.What is OCPD and how it relates to OCD.
- This is a Personality Disorder.
- Although some similarities, even just by name, OCPD is not directly linked to having OCD.
- A small number of those suffering from OCD also have the collection of Personality Traits that make up OCPD.
- OCPD is characterized by the person being really rigid, inflexible, seeking perfection, a preoccupation
with rules, schedules and list and an excessive devotion with work.
Although they might actually be successful in their job, they tend to not find pleasure in this.
The symptoms may cause extreme distress and interfere with the person's occupational and social functioning.
The Difference.
- Most of this behavior, although found somewhat within OCD too, is not backed up by rituals or obsessions and is rather a personality pattern based upon the above- mentioned characteristics. Those that have both disorders may see a favorable change in their personality once their OCD is successfully treated.
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.
- Symptoms: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.
- Dual Diagnosis and the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.
"Cluster C: The Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) Essential Feature.: The essential feature of the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency. Individuals with OCPD are conscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about morality, ethics, or values. They may force both themselves and others to follow rigid moral principles and very high standards of performance. They are inclined to be severely self-critical. These individuals are deferential to authority and rules. They insist on literal compliance, regardless of circumstances (DSM-IV, 1994, pp. 669-670)." - Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.
- The RIGHT Stuff. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder: A Defect of Philosophy, not Anxiety by Steven Phillipson, Ph.D. "Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is a pervasive characterological disturbance involving one's generalized style and beliefs in the way one relates to themselves and the world. Persons with OCPD are typically deeply entrenched in their dysfunctional beliefs and genuinely see their way of functioning as the "correct" way."
