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Obsessive –Compulsive
Personality Disorder
Guadalupe Jaramillo
Psychology
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Defenition
 What is Obsessive- Compulsive
Personality Disorder?
 What does it mean?
-Obsessive- Compulsive Personality
disorder is a condition in which a
person is preoccupied with
rules,orderliness, and control
-EX. When a person is looking for a
shopping list and it took longer than
actually writting it again off memory.
Associated Features
 What thoughts, feelings, and behaiviors
are characterized by the disorder?
-suffer of neatness
-difficulty makeing decisions
-feel imobilized by their inability of
makeing decisions
-are intensely perfectionistic and inflexible
Associated Features
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-inability to throw things away, even when the objects have no value
-lack of generosity
-not allowing others to do things for them
-not willing to show affection
-controlling and bossy
-dont depend on others
Associated Features
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DSM-IV-TR Criteria
-A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and
mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and
efficiency, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts,
as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
-(1) is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules
to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost
-(2) shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion (e.g., is unable
to complete a project because his or her own overly strict standards are not
met)
-(3) is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of
leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic
necessity)
Associated Features
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-(4) is overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about
matters of morality, ethics, or values (not accounted for by
cultural or religious identification)
-(5) is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even
when they have no sentimental value
-(6) is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others
unless they submit to exactly his or her way of doing things
-(7) adopts a miserly spending style toward both self and
others; money is viewed as something to be hoarded for
future catastrophes
-(8) shows rigidity and stubbornness
Etiology
-What are the potential causes of the disorder?
-Genes may be involved
-Freud believed that the obsessive compulsive style represented
fixation at or regression to the anal stage of psychosexual
development (anal stage :18-36 months ,Pleasure focuses on
bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands of control)
-If potty training occured to early the person will grow up to be
overly neat and fussy about organization and details
-a persons childhood and environment may also play role
Preveleance
 How common is the disorder?
-Obsessive-Cumpulsive Personality Disorder is one of the
most common personality disorders (Weissman 1993)
-it is more common in MEN then women
-Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder is approximately
twice as prevalent in males than females, and occurs in about
1 percent of the general population.
-The prevalence of lifetime OCPD was 7.8%, with rates the
same for men and women. OCPD was significantly less
common in younger adults and in Asians and Hispanics but
was significantly more common in individuals with a high
school education or less.(not such a reliable source)
Treatment
 What are the various forms of treatment used for people with
the disorder?
-Psychodynamic Psychotherapy(helps patients understand their
thoughts and feelings)
-Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
-medications combined with talk therapy may be more effective
than either treatment alone
-Hospitalization (rarely)
-Prozac (a medication that gives relief to patients)
Prognosis
 What is the probable course or outcome of the disorder?
 What are the chances of improvement, manageability, or
recovery?
-lead to feelings of depression and anxiety later in life
-The outlook for people with obsessive-compulsive
personality disorder tends to be better than that for other
personality disorders. The rigidness and control of OCPD
may prevent many of the complications such as drug abuse,
which are common in other personality disorders.
References
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Halgin, R.P. & Whitebourne, S.K. (2005). Abnormal Psychology: Clinical
perspectives on Psychological Disorders New York ,NY: McGraw-Hill
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Myer’s, D.G.(2011).Myer’s psychology for ap. New York , NY: Worth
Publishers
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Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. In:
Moore DP, Jefferson JW, eds. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry. 2nd ed.
Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2004: chap 142.

MB. Personality disorders. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders. Washington, DC:American Psychiatric Association; 2000.

Grohol John , Psy.D. (2010) Obsessive Compulsive Personality
Disorder.Retreived from http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx26.htm
Discussion Question
 Do you agree or disagree with what Freud believed, that
having Obsessive compulsive personality disorder has
something to do with being fixated in the anal stage ?
Explain .