Definition:
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic, maladaptive pattern of dealing with other people and life challenges characterized by:
- an excessive need for perfectionism and control over all aspects of your environment
- preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order or organization to the extent that you often forget the major point of the activity
- excessive devotion to work at the expense of time spent with your friends or family
- rigidity with respect to matters of morals, ethics or values
- an inability to get rid of items that no longer have value
- a miserly spending style towards both yourself and others
Source:
American Psychiatric Association. "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., text revision" 2000 Washington, DC: Author.[/sub/
