Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder

Devil in the Details Book Review The book Devil in the Details was written to inform readers on what it’s like to have a mental disorder and how it affects someone’s life. Jennifer Traig grew up struggling with scrupulosity. Scrupulosity is a form of OCD in which the sufferer obsesses over minute details in their actions often relating to religion. As she grew up the severity of it would be at different levels. It affected her physically and mentally and also affected the people around her.…

Unfortunately, there is a point when that “bad habit” becomes a dangerous problem. When there is constant chewing going on around the nails, that biter needs to stop because it can be linked to mental disorders, and it is unhealthy for the biter. Many people don’t know that there is a disorder called Dermatophagia and as a disease, it rips apart people’s lives. When there…

Though Control therapy to treat Cognitive Appraisals of Intrusive Thoughts associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder There are a number of people all around that world that report having intrusive thoughts. (Levine & Warman, 2016) Intrusive thoughts are obsessive thoughts or images that cause an individual distress. (Wilson, 2012) These people are average in the sense that they do not have a disorder that can be characterized by the DSM-5. The most common intrusive thoughts or images are…

Since the patient first recalls his compulsions as “good luck charms” for competing in athletic events, I believe that his compulsive behavior stems from the behavioral perspective of psychology. In which they state that that people happen upon their compulsions quite randomly when they coincidentally coincide with a reduction of fear/stress in a high stakes situation (Comer,…

The treatment for Hoarding Disorder is challenging due to the fact that the hoarder them self do not feel the negative impact hoarding has on them resulting in said hoarder to not believe they need the treatment(Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). What makes this feeling stronger is if the items they are hoarding somehow offers a feeling of comfort for them thus further increasing the difficulty in treating the person. Hoarding Disorder itself has two main treatment types: medications…

The DSM-5 defines obsessive-compulsive disorder as experiencing recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate, and that cause marked anxiety and distress. A person with OCD develops ritual-like behavior (compulsion) that reduces their anxiety around a repetitive thought (obsession). If people with OCD are prevented from engaging in this behavior, anxiety and panic rapidly build. While obsessions can drive people to repeat positive behaviors, like a…

The main character, Melvin, in the movie “As good as it gets” suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. Melvin’s obsessive-compulsive behaviors consist of avoiding cracks on the sidewalk or on the floors, locking his door a specific amount of times, washing his hands with a brand new bar of soap every time with steaming hot water, worry of germs, and eating at the same restaurant with the same waitress at the same table. The DSM-5 (2013) states “the obsessions or compulsions are…

International OCD Foundation, the behavioral disorders Trichotillomania and Dermatillomania have had reported cases since the nineteenth century. Trichotillomania occurs within one or two out of fifty adults within their lifetime (“What is Trichotillomania?” 2017), and Dermatillomania occurs within one out of twenty adults within their lifetime (Fama, J.M., 2010). Despite the prevalence of cases over the past century, little research is dedicated to the disorders, and not much is known about…

Repetitive thoughts, desires, or impulses that are unwelcomed and provide anxiety or distress are consider an obsession. While repetitive unwanted behaviors are a compulsion. Together these two words are contributing factors that make up Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In action the thought is “my mother might die, if I do not flip the light switch ten times” whereas the behavior is the actually flipping of the light switch up and down ten times to push the bad thought away. These habits come…

Obsessive compulsion disorder, also known as O.C.D, is a mental disorder where a person feels the need to repeat things over and over again until he or she feels satisfied. Psychologist call the need to repeat things over and over again a ritual. While only 2.3% of the U.S population has O.C.D (mHMR), not all O.C.D is the same. One person may feel the need to always wash their hands, while another may feel the need to turn a doorknob a certain amount of times. Doctors do not know what cause…