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compulsive personality disorder
(redirected from Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder)

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compulsive personality disorder [kəm¦pəl·siv ‚pər·sə′nal·əd·ē dis‚ȯr·dər]
(psychology)
A personality disorder characterized by a preoccupation with rules, order, organization, efficiency, and detail.


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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder - 'their quest for perfection usually slows progress toward goals because they tend to re-do things forever'.
This paper focuses on Cluster C, which represents behaviors manifested in anxious or fearful patterns and includes: avoidant personality disorder (AvPD), dependent personality disorder (DPD), and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD).
Finally, the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder individual will probably drive you to distraction with a preoccupation with minutiae and need for perfection.
 
 
 
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