| Obsessive compulsive personality disorder, like many | | | | Perfectionism |
| other mental illnesses, is linked to genetics and is | | | | Excessive devotion to work |
| caused by an imbalance in the person's brain | | | | Overly conscientious |
| chemistry. This perfectionism may interfere with the | | | | Reluctant to work in teams or delegate |
| person's ability to complete a given task, because their | | | | Stubbornness |
| rigid standards cannot be upheld. People with this | | | | Orderly personal life |
| disorder may emotionally withdraw when they are not | | | | Inflexibility |
| able to control a situation. People with | | | | Finds it difficult expressing emotion |
| obsessive-compulsive personality disorder believe that | | | | Lack of generosity |
| their preoccupations are appropriate. They tend to be | | | | Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Personality |
| high achievers and feel a sense of urgency about their | | | | Disorder |
| actions. They may become extremely upset if others | | | | Common Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive |
| disturb their rigidly ordered routines. OCPD was | | | | Personality Disorder |
| modified to include affective constriction and difficulty | | | | Cognitive-behavioral therapy may also help. |
| expressing warm and tender emotions, reminiscent of | | | | Psychotherapy- Talking with a trained counselor or |
| autistic disorders. Cold and uncaring traits superceded | | | | psychotherapist who understands the condition. |
| overinhibited, overconscientious features. Other criteria | | | | Pharmacotherapy - will require an appointment with a |
| included perfectionism that interfered with completing | | | | psychiatrist who can prescribe medications which can |
| larger goals, insistence that others submit to his or her | | | | make self-management and participation in other |
| way of doing things, lack of awareness of the feelings | | | | therapies possible and productive. |
| elicited by this behavior in others, excessive devotion | | | | Medications such as selective serotonin reuptake |
| to work to the exclusion of pleasure and interpersonal | | | | inhibitors (for example, Prozac) may help reduce |
| relationships, and indecisiveness associated with fear | | | | obsessions and compulsions. |
| of making a mistake. Medications such as selective | | | | Educating family and friends about the condition will |
| serotonin reuptake inhibitors (for example, Prozac) | | | | help them to manage behavioral problems more |
| may help reduce obsessions and compulsions. | | | | sympathetically, and to watch out for the warning |
| Cognitive-behavioral therapy may also help. | | | | signs. |
| Causes of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder | | | | Support groups may also be helpful in accepting and |
| Common Causes and Risk factors of Obsessive | | | | changing Obsessive-Compulsive behaviors. |
| Compulsive Personality Disorder | | | | Consult your healthcare provider if you are having |
| Imbalance brain chemistry. | | | | difficulty sleeping and/or you are experiencing |
| Faulty parenting. | | | | problems that prevent you from taking regular |
| Cultural influences. | | | | exercise. |
| Genetic connection. | | | | Keeping a diary may help the individual to identify those |
| Signs and Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive | | | | stressful situations that help to trigger compulsive |
| Personality Disorder | | | | reactions, enabling them to focus on more constructive |
| Sign and Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive | | | | activities. |
| Personality Disorder | | | | |