Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder : understanding the overly rigid, controlling person

Summary: "Explains how OCPD compromises not only the quality of life of its sufferers but also the lives of many of the people that surround each OCPD individual; Examines OCPD from multiple perspectives, documenting the author's eclectic treatment approach that views OCPD from multiple vantage points, including the psychodynamic, the interpersonal, and the cognitive-behavioral; Extends the discussion of OCPD to include OCPD-inspired bureaucracies and how treating these toxic environments can lead to substantially improved socioeconomic functioning worldwide; Serves therapists treating patients with OCPD; patients suffering from OCPD; friends, family, and coworkers of those with OCPD; and general readers interested in mental health issues; Provides a section on self-help methods that can be employed by the OCPD sufferer and those in the path of OCPD fallout"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440837883
ISBN: 1440837880
ISBN: 9781440837890
ISBN: 1440837899
ISBN: 9781440837890
Physical Description: print
remote
regular print
viii, 301 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Description : Selected definitions -- Mental status (excepting thought and behavior) -- Mental status: thought -- Mental status: behavior -- The interpersonal venue: OCPD fallout -- Other psychological venues -- The social venue -- Part II. Causation -- Part III. Treatment : Theoretical considerations -- Handling specific symptoms -- Technical aspects: dealing with resistances -- Dealing with OCPD's realistic difficulties -- Reasons to triumph over being OCPD: Self-help.