Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

• is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost;
• shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion (e.g., is unable to complete a project because his or her own overly strict standards are not met);
• is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity);
• is overly conscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values (not accounted for by cultural or religious identification);
• is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value;
• is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others unless they submit to exactly his or her way or doing things ;
• adopts a miserly spending style toward both self and others; money is viewed as something to be hoarded for future catastrophes;
• shows rigidity and stubbornness.

Source: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
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