Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

✍ Scribed by Jon E. Grant, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Anthony Pinto

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 278
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is characterized by a pervasive and maladaptive pattern of excessive perfectionism, preoccupation with orderliness and details, and need for control over one's environment. It is the most common personality disorder and is associated with significant morbidity and increased health costs. Unfortunately, clinicians often do not diagnose OCPD or may incorrectly diagnose it as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Although progress has been made in understanding OCPD, many treatment providers do not know how best to address it clinically. This book examines treatment options along with developmental, psychological, and behavioral etiologies and the deeper neurobiological underpinnings of the disorder"--

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
1 History and Epidemiology of OCPD
2 Diagnosis and Clinical Features of OCPD
3 OCPD and Its Relationship to Obsessive-Compulsive and Hoarding Disorders
4 OCPD and Its Relationship to Eating Disorders
5 OCPD and Its Relationship to Impulsivity and Impulse-Control Disorders
6 OCPD and Aggression
7 Gender and Cultural Aspects of OCPD
8 Psychobiology of OCPD
9 Psychotherapy for OCPD
10 Pharmacological Treatment of OCPD
11 Impact of Personality Disorders on Parenting
12 Positive Aspects of OCPD
Index
Back Cover