scholarly journals Prevalence of childhood obsessive–compulsive personality traits in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder versus obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Author(s):  
Anthony Pinto ◽  
Ashley L. Greene ◽  
Eric A. Storch ◽  
H. Blair Simpson
2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 395-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Bejerot ◽  
L von Knorring ◽  
L Ekselius

As opposed to other psychiatric populations, subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) smoke less than the general population. The present study aims at further investigating the relationship between smoking in OCD subjects and personality traits.Sixty-four subjects with OCD were interviewed concerning their smoking habits. Personality traits were evaluated using the Karolinska Scales of Personality, and specific obsessive-compulsive personality traits were elicited through self-report questionnaires.Non-smokers were more easily fatigued, more inclined to worry, more remorseful, less self-confident, less impulsive and became uneasy more frequently when urged to speed up, than smokers with OCD.Additionally, non-smokers fulfilled significantly more obsessive-compulsive personality disorder criteria as compared to the smokers (P < 0.001).We propose a clinical subtype of OCD related to non-smoking, psychasthenia, anxiety, and pronounced obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits.


2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L. Eisen ◽  
Meredith E. Coles ◽  
M. Tracie Shea ◽  
Maria E. Pagano ◽  
Robert L. Stout ◽  
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1997 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppina Diaferia ◽  
Ivonne Bianchi ◽  
Maria Laura Bianchi ◽  
Paolo Cavedini ◽  
Stefano Erzegovesi ◽  
...  

Clean Hands ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Jesse S. Summers ◽  
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Scrupulosity dates back millennia and is widely reported in Catholic and Protestant traditions over the last half-century. This chapter looks more generally at obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is characterized by obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are recurrent and persistent, intrusive and unwanted, unjustified, and anxiety-evoking. Also, OCD needs to be distinguished from a different condition with a similar name: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). Whereas OCD is an anxiety disorder, OCPD is a personality disorder, that is, a disorder in those stable traits that make up one’s personality. The chapter addresses difficulties in determining whether obsessions are beliefs: normal tests of beliefs fail in the case of OCD and Scrupulosity. It next considers compulsions, repetitive behaviors performed in response to obsessions that aim to prevent or reduce anxiety or distress.


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