Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (ocpd)

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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control (with no room for flexibility) that ultimately slows or interferes with completing a task. Diagnosis is by clinical criteria. Treatment is with psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
(See also Overview of Personality Disorders.)
Because patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder need to be in control, they tend to be solitary in their endeavors and to mistrust the help of others.
About 2.1 to 7.9% of the general population are estimated to have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; it is more common among men.
Familial traits of compulsivity, restricted range of emotion, and perfectionism are thought to contribute to this disorder.
Comorbidities may be present. Patients often also have a depressive disorder (major depressive disorder or persistent depressive disorder) or an alcohol use disorder.