The Anxiety Disorder Named Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
             The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition ( ) describes Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) as a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense or flexibility, openness, and efficiency, beginning by early adulthood. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is not the same as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. OCD is actually a fairly common disorder that affects more than two per cent of the population in the United States. With OCPD, men and women are equally affected. The typical age of onset for boys is 6 to 15, while in women the age of onset is generally later, between 20 and 30 years of age. OCD is more common among people with higher education, IQ, and socioeconomic status. Some of the features of OCPD overlap with "Type A" personality, a condition characterized by anger, competitiveness, and a sense of constant time pressure. OCPD is characterized by preoccupation with extreme orderliness and perfectionism, and a strong tendency towards interpersonal control. In this disorder, a person feels compelled to have things in his environment arranged in a very neat and particular manner. Subjects with eating disorders who reported perfectionism and rigidity in childhood had significantly higher rates of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and OCD comorbidity later in life, compared with eating disorder subjects who did not report those traits. These individuals might, for example, experience extreme anxiety if all the napkins are unorganized on the table, if the dishes have not been washed, or if shoes are disarranged. OCPD describes a disorder of perfectionism and inflexibility with symptoms that may include distress associated with indecisiveness and difficulty in expressing tender feelings, feelings of depression and anger ...