Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder Katlin Koch Buena Vista University Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder The topic that I chose for this paper is Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. When thinking about psychology of personality as a whole, there are many different approaches, topics and dynamics that are associated with personality. According to Burger (2015), “personality can be defined as consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes originating within the individual”
the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. Thesis: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a disorder which involves an obsession with perfection, rules, and organization, which leads to routines and rules for ways of doing things. Organization Pattern: Topical Introduction I. Open with impact: One in every one hundred people are affected by OCPD. Even more are affected by its symptoms. II. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a disorder which involves an
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is pervasive pattern of constant need for orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control. This therefore, resents flexibility, openness, and efficiency for the quest of the task being done to perfection. Common behaviors such as checking and rechecking work for accuracy; quest or perfection results in little time for leisure activities, and surpassing the norms of moral and ethical values. Other features associated with this disorder are
This essay will cover what obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is and how leisure education can be used to help these individuals who have been diagnosed with OCD. This essay will discuss the various characteristics that can be noticed with an individual who has been diagnosed with OCD and also introduce different leisure activities that can be used to help these individuals. The overall goal for this essay is to provide strong evidence showing that leisure education can be useful in helping individuals
Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors "Compulsive" and "obsessive" have become everyday words. "I'm compulsive" is how some people describe their need for neatness, punctuality, and shoes lined up in the closets. "He's so compulsive is shorthand for calling someone uptight, controlling, and not much fun. "She's obsessed with him" is a way of saying your friend is hopelessly lovesick. That is not how these words are used to describe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD, a strange and fascinating sickness
As Good as It Gets: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder In the movie “As Good as It Gets” Melvin Udall, played by Jack Nicholson is a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, that finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. He finds out where Carol lives and visits her. Melvin
thoughts and their related impulses occur universally in the human population, they can lead to clinical conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is a clinical disorder with “recurrent, intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses that are experienced as ego-dystonic and extremely distressing” (Barrera & Norton, 2011). Evidence suggests that OCD and other similar disorders stem from the deliberate avoidance of noetic interruptions. As these interruptive thought processes appear more frequently
Psychological Assessments for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric Association, used by psychologists to classify mental disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD is defined by obsessions and compulsions that are time-consuming, uncontrollable, and interfere with the individual’s cognition and social development (APA, 2000). For the purpose of this paper the focus will be on
certain personalities, traits and other characteristics that help shape them into the people that they become later in life. Meanwhile multiple other psychologists argue the nurture perspective. They believe that people are born as a blank slate and their experiences over the course of life help shape their personalities, traits, and other characteristics. One topic that can be argued from both perspectives is obsessive-compulsive disorder. People who develop Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder are influenced
The personality disorder that I choose to compare to the definition of health that I mentioned in reflection paper one was under the category of anxious personality disorders. Individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder are usually preoccupied with order, control, and perfection that they lose all sense of productivity and openness. An individual with this personality disorder can be rigid in determining their morals, beliefs, values, and ethics and reluctant to make a final decision
Howie Mandel is a 58-year-old famous television personality that has worked as a comedian, an actor, and television host. He is most noted for being a host on the show Deal or No Deal and America's Got Talent. What many do not know is that Mandel suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. A person with obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized as someone who tends to have obsessive thoughts that may vary from person to person. These obsessions also tend to be associated with compulsions which
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “The Birthmark” you find a couple fairly prevalent disorders. Although psychology was as of yet not existence, Hawthorne describes them quite well. Alymer suffered from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, while his actions caused Georgiana to develop a body dysmorphic disorder. Both of which attributed to the eventual demise of Georgiana. Alymer is an older scientist who marries a beautiful woman much younger then himself. Even though Alymer finds his young
Addiction can be a disorder filled with denial and regret, and is often sparked by one’s free will. Children are taught, as early as elementary school, to abstain from drugs and alcohol, which constitute the two of the largest culprits of addiction. Naturally, when one ponders addiction, his or her mind automatically travels to the realm of addictive substances, and does not consider what else may constitute as an addiction. What about an addiction affecting nearly a million Americans that does not
I have always been fascinated with behavioral disorders, especially OCD. I learned about OCD a few years ago when I was reading a medical journal. At first, it seemed like something very odd. The idea that otherwise normal people can do such strange things, and not be able to control themselves was fascinating. I wanted to know more about this topic, which is why I chose to write my paper on it. I thought that by knowing more about the subject, I will be able to better understand how these people’s
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD for short, has affected numerous people; one being Jeff Bell, the author of the book Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. This book has much insight on OCD and touches many interesting facts that some people would never know prior to reading. Rewind, Replay, Repeat is a book written from the author, Jeff Bell’s, point of view. The book is a reflection of Bell’s life and how he has coped while living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder It has long been recognized that there are similarities between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Anorexia Nervosa. These similarities lie in the symptoms of the disorder. Many patients of both diseases report intrusive, fearful thoughts, a compulsive need to perform rituals, and an obsession with maintaining these rituals. In the case of anorexia nervosa these behaviors center on food and thinness whereas in OCD they are of a more general
Literature Review Introduction Hoarding Disorder has only been widely researched and studied within the past two decades since Frost and Hartl (1996) first conducted their study of hoarding behaviors in clinical setting and provided an operational definition of the behavior. In 2013, hoarding became recognized as its own diagnostic entity as a disorder by the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM 5) (APA, 2013) instead
wealthiest people in the world during his lifetime, was well-known for his eccentricity. His eccentric behavior is theorized to have been the result of obsessive-compulsive behavior. The intent of this review is to illustrate Mr. Hughes’s abnormalities, arrive at a clinical diagnosis using all five axes of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR (DSM-IV-TR), explain his behavior from the biological theoretical perspective, and finally to arrive at a hypothetical treatment plan. Behavior:
Millions of people in the United States suffer from a psychological disorder called hoarding. The definition of hoarding according to medical and psychological professionals is defined “as the acquisition of and inability to discard items even though they appear (to others) to have no value” (Frost & Gross, 1993). “Clinically significant compulsive hoarding is quite common, with a prevalence of 4%–5% in the population”. (Mueller, Mitchell, Crosby, Glaesmer, & de Zwaan, 2009; Samuels et al., 2008)
In the 1997 film As Good as It Gets, Melvin Udall suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) which, paired with his misanthropy, puts off the neighbors in his Manhattan apartment building and nearly everyone else with whom he comes into contact. Melvin Udall does many things that seem odd. He's a bully who delights in heaping abuse on everyone unfortunate enough to encounter him yet is impressed when someone has the guts to push back. He avoids touching other people