Living with obsessional personality

• Published in: BJPsych Bulletin Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 366 - 367
• Main Authors: Rowland, Tobias A, Jainer, Ashok Kumar, Panchal, Reena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 01.12.2017; Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Subjects: Adolescents; Clinical standards; Columns; Compulsions; Mental disorders; Mental health services; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Perfectionism; Personality disorders; Relatives

Obsessive–compulsive and related disorders are defined in DSM-5 and include obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) or anankastic personality disorder in ICD-10. Its prevalence is believed to be 1–2% in the general population, but it occurs much more frequently in psychiatric populations an...