This is a condition in which a person is preoccupied with rules, orderliness, and control. Feel as if they can never make a decision. Get caught up in a worried style. Loose concern on things that are important and start to believe they arent important Get annoyed with themselves and people around them. They seem to never be able to finish projects because they want every little detail to be perfect. Manage their life with schedules. When in a meeting they insist on sitting people in alphabetical order. Refuse to start a meeting until is it the exact second it should start. DSM-IV-TR Criteria Perfectionism Rigidity Stubbornness Miserliness According to the DSM-IV-TR, this disorder worsens later in life such as adulthood because they feel as if they need more control over the environment and other things around them. Causes of are likely due to biological and genetic factors. Another cause for this disorder can be from when a child such as the environment they were in and how they were treated as a child. How parents interacted with there early development. Most people with this disorder do not seek for help. The forms of treatment you receive for this type of condition would be: Long term Psychotherapy Which helps the client understand their feelings and talk about it instead of hiding them. Medications Such as provac. helps with anxiety and depression. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy(CBT) Examines the clients thought process For example, they do an activity called thought stopping. This reduces the amount of time spent on worries. Possible complications are: Anxiety Depression Difficulty moving forward in career situations Relationship Difficulties This condition prevents complications with drug abuse, which are common in other personality disorders, but they have issues handling their anger and social interaction with others. This disorder tends to happen in families passed down in genes. But mostly occurs to men within the family. What is the difference between obsessive compulsive personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder? Explain.