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	personality
		A personality Disorder is an enduring of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early a adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment.
		Personality Disorders should not be confused with problems associated with acculturation following immigration or with the expression of habits, customs, or religious and political values professed by the individual’s culture of origin.
		Personality Disorder categories may be applied to children or adolescents in those relatively unusual instances in which the individual’s particular maladaptive personality traits appear to be pervasive, persistent, and unlikely to be limited to a particular developmental stage or an episode of an Axis I disorder.
	www.md.chula.ac.th /psychi/knowledge/gp/personality.html (10753 words)

	Personality Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Anger and Personality Disorders ~ The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy.
		Avoidant Personality Disorder in Children and Youth ~ Children who meet criteria for APD are often described as being extremely shy, inhibited in new situations, and fearful of disapproval and social rejection.
		Personality disorders are not illnesses in a strict sense as they do not disrupt emotional, intellectual, or perceptual functioning.
	www.focusas.com /PersonalityDisorders.html (1942 words)

	OCD ONLINE - The RIGHT Stuff - Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder: A defect of Philosophy, not Anxiety
		Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is a pervasive characterological disturbance involving one's generalized style and beliefs in the way one relates to themselves and the world.
		Persons with OCPD are typically deeply entrenched in their dysfunctional beliefs and genuinely see their way of functioning as the "correct" way.
		OCPD and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are often confused as they are thought of as being similar.
	www.ocdonline.com /articlephillipson6.php (5863 words)

	Lifespan's A - Z Health Information Library - Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
		Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a condition characterized by a chronic preoccupation with rules, orderliness, and control.
		It should not be confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which is another psychiatric condition that shares some symptoms with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
		A person with this personality disorder has symptoms of perfectionism that usually begin in early adulthood.
	www.lifespan.org /adam/healthillustratedencyclopedia/1/000942.html (408 words)

	Personality Disorders
		Personality is a complex combination of traits and characteristics that determines our expectations, self-perceptions, values and attitudes, and predicts our reactions to people, problems and stress.
		A personality disorder refers to a pattern of thoughts, feelings and behavior, consistently exhibited by an individual over a long period of time, that is maladaptive because it creates psychological distress and life coping problems, rather than assisting with life adjustment and problem solving.
		Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is a condition in which these traits are severely exaggerated to the point of becoming negative.
	www.psychologyinfo.com /problems/personality.html (903 words)

	Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder - Psychology Wiki - A Wikia wiki
		Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), or anankastic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a general psychological inflexibility, rigid conformity to rules and procedures, perfectionism, and excessive orderliness.
		People with OCPD may hoard money, keep their home perfectly organized, or be anxious about delegating tasks for fear that they won't be completed correctly.
		It is important to note that while a person may exhibit any or all of the characteristics of a personality disorder, it is not diagnosed as a disorder unless the person has trouble leading a normal life due to these issues.
	psychology.wikia.com /wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_personality_disorder (787 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A person who shows signs of infatuation or fixation with a subject, or displays traits such as perfectionism, is not necessarily stricken with OCD, a specific and well-defined disorder.
		Compulsions refer to actions that the person performs, usually repeatedly, in an attempt to make the obsession go away.
		People who suffer from the separate and unrelated condition obsessive compulsive personality disorder are not aware of anything abnormal with them; they will readily explain why their actions are rational, and it is usually impossible to convince them otherwise.
	www.girlshrink.com /articles/article/2334483/31827.htm (1118 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors and Disorders: Symptoms, Treatment, and Support
		While OCD is an anxiety disorder, OCPD is a personality disorder in which seemingly compulsive behavior comes from the perfectionism and rigidity of the person with OCPD, not as a way to alleviate the anxiety caused by obsessions; a better name for the syndrome might be perfectionistic personality disorder.
		The person with OCPD, believing his or her way of life to be correct, doesn’t perceive a problem and often doesn’t seek help until or unless someone forces the issue.
		OCPD is usually treated with individual psychotherapy or counseling that focuses on helping persons with this personality disorder accept themselves, change inflexible thinking, and get more in touch their feelings.
	www.helpguide.org /mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm (3597 words)

	Dual Diagnosis and the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
		OCPD and OCD are defined as separate and distinct disorders (McCullough and Maltsberger, Gabbard and Atkinson, editors, 1996, p.
		OCPD is one of the passive personality disorders; individuals with OCPD fail to give direction to their own lives.
		OCPD treatment is organized around three basic considerations: 1) attention to defenses; 2) softening and modification of superego rigidity; and 3) identification and working through of unconscious conflicts that generate symptoms (McCullough and Maltsberger, Gabbard and Atkinson, editors, 1996, p.
	www.toad.net /~arcturus/dd/ocpd.htm (6837 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
		At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.
		These include tricotillomania, (compulsive hair pulling and twirling,) body dysmorphic disorder (the obsession that part of one's body is unattractive or misshapen) and habit disorders such as nail biting and scab picking.
		What distinguishes OCD as a psychiatric disorder is that the experience of obsessions, and the performance of rituals, reaches such an intensity or frequency that it causes significant psychological distress and interferes in a significant way with psychosocial functioning.
	www.ncpamd.com /obsessive.htm (4808 words)

	BPhoenix: Information on Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
		Individuals with this disorder are characterized by a fixation on things being done "the right way." Although many might envy their persistence and dedication, this preoccupation with details prevents them from actually completing much of anything.
		Individuals with this disorder tend to be high achievers and may become extremely upset if others disturb their rigid routines or interfere with their carefully thought out plans.
		It is believed that this disorder has a strong genetic component as it tends to be more common in family members of individuals with OCPD than in the general population.
	www.angelfire.com /home/bphoenix1/ocpers.html (508 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Treatment
		The literature describing the treatment of OCPD is somewhat confusing because of a lack of clear distinction between OCPD and OCD.
		One study reported that the presence of compulsive personality disorder was a positive predictor of response to serotonergic antidepressants.
		In one study of a 16-session brief therapy, moderate changes in personality, a decrease in negative and ambivalent self-references, and an increase in positive self-references were reported.
	www.health.am /psy/more/ocpd_treatment (771 words)

	eMedicine - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : Article by Sarah C Aronson, MD
		At some point during the course of the disorder, the person recognizes that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.
		The disorder is not due to the direct physiologic effects of a substance or a general medical condition.
		Rasmussen SA, Eisen JL: The epidemiology and differential diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic1654.htm (3920 words)

	Narcissistic personality disorder - MayoClinic.com
		Narcissistic personality disorder is a serious emotional disturbance characterized by a grandiose, or extremely exaggerated, sense of self-importance.
		Narcissistic personality disorder is one of several types of personality disorders, all of which reflect an inability in the affected person to accept the demands and limitations of the world.
		Narcissistic personality disorder, which is less common than other personality disorders, is estimated to affect less than 1 percent of the general population.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/narcissistic-personality-disorder/DS00652 (275 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: They’re Not the Same - NYU Medical ...
		Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) are often mistaken for the same condition.
		According to the American Psychiatric Association, OCD is an anxiety disorder (an unrealistic, irrational fear or anxiety of disabling intensity), whereas OCPD is a personality disorder (a chronic pattern of inflexible and distorted personality and behavioral patterns).
		OCPD is usually treated with individual psychotherapy or counseling that focuses on helping people accept themselves, change inflexible thinking, and get more in touch with their feelings.
	www.med.nyu.edu /patientcare/library/article.html?ChunkIID=24697 (802 words)

	Personality Disorder Information
		Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a distrust of others and a constant suspicion that people around you have sinister motives.
		People with this disorder are prone to criminal behavior, believing that their victims are weak and deserving of being taken advantage of.
		Borderline personality disorder is characterized by mood instability and poor self-image.
	www.4degreez.com /misc/disorder_information2.html (930 words)

	PTypes - Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Criteria
		Overachievement: workaholic absorption in job or cause to the exclusion of family, social, and personal interests; compulsiveness, including excessive cleanliness, tidiness, and attention to detail; rigid self-discipline and an inability to set tasks aside and relax; lack of spontaneity; overscrupulousness in moral behavior.
		Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder is a type of "solution" to the problem of anxiety; that is, it is a strategy to alleviate anxiety.
		By this term Kretschmer meant persons who are burdened by affect-laden complexes that they must deal with intrapsychically because of their inability to externalize or discharge them.
	www.ptypes.com /obsessive-compd.html (1481 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder Case study and Treatment
		These are growing evidence that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD has a neurobiological basis.
		Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Schizoid Personality Disorder; Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition; symptoms that may develop in association with chronic substance use.
		The self-imposed rigidness and control of people with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder may prevent many of the complications - such as drug abuse - that are common to the other personality disorders.
	www.depression-guide.com /obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder.htm (528 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) \| Best Syndication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		People with the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) are concerned (worried and anxious) about maintaining control and about being seen to be maintaining it.
		OCPDs are workaholics, but not because they like to work.
		OCPDs are so terrified of change that they rarely discard acquired but now useless objects, change the outlay of furniture at home, relocate, deviate from the familiar route to work, tweak an itinerary, or embark on anything spontaneous.
	www.bestsyndication.com /?q=101206_obsessive-compulsive-disorder.htm (496 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: Description, Criteria, Causes, Symptoms, Treatments and Medications
		Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is characterized by a person who has a decreased ability to show warm and tender emotions, a perfectionism that decreases the ability to see the larger picture, difficulty in doing things anyway but their own, and an excessive devotion to work, as well as indecisiveness.
		A personality disorder is a severe disturbance in the characterological constitution and behavioural tendencies of the individual, usually involving several areas of the personality, and nearly always associated with considerable personal and social disruption.
		Personality disorder tends to appear in late childhood or adolescence and continues to be manifest into adulthood.
	www.mental-health-matters.com /disorders/dis_details.php?disID=66 (857 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Obsessive compulsive and related disorders are difficult but not impossible to treat.
		The obsessions or compulsions cause marked distress, are time consuming (take more than 1 hour a day), or significantly interfere with the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or usual social activities or relationships.
		The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
	www.psychologynet.org /ocd.html (669 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Description, Criteria, Causes, Symptoms, Treatments and Medications
		Although obsessional thoughts and compulsive acts commonly coexist, it is useful to be able to specify one set of symptoms as predominant in some individuals, since they may respond to different treatments.
		The majority of compulsive acts are concerned with cleaning (particularly hand-washing), repeated checking to ensure that a potentially dangerous situation has not been allowed to develop, or orderliness and tidiness.
		Compulsive ritual acts are less closely associated with depression than obsessional thoughts and are more readily amenable to behavioural therapies.
	www.mental-health-matters.com /disorders/dis_details.php?disID=65 (1310 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
		Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is characterized by perfectionism and inflexibility.
		A person with a Obsessive-Compulsive Personality becomes preoccupied with uncontrollable patterns of thought and action.
		Symptoms may cause extreme distress and interfere with a person's occupational and social functioning.
	psyweb.com /Mdisord/jsp/ocpd.jsp (123 words)

	Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is to say, those with OCD know their behavior is problematic where the symtpoms of OCPD are part of a person's personality and are generally unaware of problematic behaviors.
		There are three primary areas that cause anxiety for OCPD personalities: time, dirt and money.
		Sigmund Freud first characterized what is now known as obsessive-compulsive or anankastic personality disorder as the anal character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_personality_disorder (891 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: OCD In Children, OCD Treatment
		Includes a guide to psychiatric medications that treat obsessive compulsive personality disorders and other mental disorders in children.
		Provides resources on obsessive compulsive personality disorders in children.
		A fact sheet describes medications for obsessive compulsive disorder and other mental illnesses in children.
	www.cfw.tufts.edu /topic/1/160.htm (336 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCD) - Advice, Books, Info and Help
		While Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder (OCDP) sounds similar in name to obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder, the two are markedly different disorders.
		People with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder are overly focused on orderliness and perfection.
		The potential for improvement with treatment is better for obsessive-compulsive personality disorder than for other personality disorders.
	www.4degreez.com /disorder/ocd.html (335 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Information on MedicineNet.com
		Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one of the anxiety disorders, is a potentially disabling condition that can persist throughout a person's life.
		The disorder often went unrecognized because many of those afflicted with OCD, in efforts to keep their repetitive thoughts and behaviors secret, failed to seek treatment.
		It is important that the child receive evaluation and treatment by a knowledgeable clinician to prevent the child from missing important opportunities because of this disorder.
	www.medicinenet.com /obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd/article.htm (446 words)

	The Compulsive Acts of a Narcissist
		The Narcissistic Personality Disorder is an obsessive-compulsive disorder writ large.
		Where the regular compulsive patient feels that the compulsive act restores his control over himself and over his life – the narcissist feels that the compulsive act restores his control over his environment and secures his future Narcissistic Supply.
		His compulsive acts are merely an element in his complicated personality.
	samvak.tripod.com /faq30.html (1181 words)

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