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OCPD / Anankastic PD Resources
Articles on Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) — called Anankastic Personality Disorder in the ICD-11 — covering perfectionism, rigidity, and what helps.
Why Some People Wait Years Longer to Get Help for OCD
Obsessive compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder sound almost identical and are not the same thing. OCD involves …
Perfectionism and Anger: An Overlooked Personality Pattern in Trauma Survivors
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, sometimes called OCPD or the anankastic pattern, is marked by rigid perfectionism, a strong need …
One Teenager's Recovery From Anorexia and Perfectionism
Eating disorders and rigid, perfectionistic personality traits often occur together. Treating only the eating disorder can leave the deeper …
What Families Living With OCPD Want Us to Know
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, sometimes called anankastic personality disorder, affects an estimated 2.1 to 7.9% of the populat…
Perfectionism, Burnout and OCPD: A Long-Term Study
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, sometimes called anankastic personality disorder, is a long-standing pattern of perfectionism, ri…
Rigid Thinking in Anorexia: Related, but Not the Whole Story
Restrictive eating in anorexia nervosa often comes with rigidity, all-or-nothing thinking, and difficulty shifting approach. Those same feat…
Rigid Perfectionism and Depression: What a Newer Therapy Changed
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, sometimes called anankastic personality disorder, describes a long-standing pattern of rigidity, …
When 'Healthy Eating' Becomes a Trap: OCPD and Orthorexia
A new study has examined orthorexia, an unhealthy preoccupation with eating in a way that feels perfectly "clean" or "healthy", in people wi…
Perfectionism or OCPD? What the Research Distinguishes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, sometimes called anankastic personality disorder, involves rigid rules, very high personal standa…
Understanding OCPD: When High Standards Take Over
Extreme perfectionism, a preoccupation with order and detail, and a strong need for control over one's surroundings can be more than a perso…
Anankastic PD or OCPD? Same Condition, Two Names
Searching for Anankastic Personality Disorder and landing on articles about OCPD is not a mistake. Anankastic Personality Disorder is the te…
OCPD Is More Common Than Most People Realise
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), known as Anankastic Personality Disorder in the ICD-11, receives far less public attention…
What OCPD Actually Looks Like Day to Day
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is often mistaken for a personality style rather than a clinical condition. From the outsid…
What's Happening in the Brain Behind OCPD
Perfectionism and rigidity are often described as simply part of someone's character. Research into Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorde…
Can Medication Help with OCPD? What the Evidence Shows
Medication is rarely the first consideration when treating a personality pattern such as Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, and a 20…
Treating Perfectionism: What Group Therapy Achieved
Perfectionism sits at the core of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), and for a long time it's been treated as just a personal…
RO-DBT: A Therapy Designed for Overcontrol and OCPD
Most talking therapies were originally designed with emotional dysregulation in mind, helping people who feel too much, too intensely, or to…
When OCD and OCPD Overlap, It's Worth Naming Both
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) share a name, but they are distinct conditions with…
Perfectionism and Eating Disorders: The OCPD Link
Perfectionism and rigidity are the defining features of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, or OCPD. These traits appear in eating di…
Learning to Read Your Own Mind: A Different Approach to OCPD
Most people with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder do not experience their rigid standards and need for control as a problem. The pe…