Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is a disorder that is defined by the general need for perfection and utmost control in every aspect of one’s life. Despite the fact that it is the most prevalent disorder in the USA, not much is known about its specifics in treatment or symptoms. As a result, many articles, prevalently Wikipedia, often make assumptions and misconceptions about OCPD, which leads to the distribution of incorrect information; this results in the requirement of further research on OCPD’s possible causes, criteria diagnosis, treatment, and gender prevalence in the USA in order to determine the general credibility of Wikipedia.
According to the Wikipedia article, OCPD’s possible causes are summed up into the genetic …show more content…
According to research however, not only is criteria over excessive and too broad to be only identified with OCPD, but only few of the criteria is really needed to make a proper diagnosis. The DSM-IV, whose criteria is similar to Wiki’s, was forced to remove its criteria on “miserliness” and “workaholism” after a national study (CLPS) found that a majority of OCPD patients only accurately displayed a few of the criteria (perfectionism, preoccupied with details, reluctance to delegate, and stubbornness) but almost never displayed criteria on “miserliness” and “workaholism” (Fineberg, 2014.) Ultimately, criteria has to be consistent in most, if not all, OCPD cases, or it is insignificant to diagnosis. The reclassification of OCPD criteria disregarded miserliness for the most part, but kept the remaining criteria; however, the new diagnosis model thereafter leaned on the fact that only three or four of the criteria must be present in order for OCPD diagnosis. The assumption that any criteria combination shown is an automatic OCPD diagnosis presents an incorrect diagnosis for patients who simply exhibit some symptoms of OCPD, but in reality are presenting hallmarks (essential criteria) of another disorder (Hollander, 2012). For example, control problems in relationships does not automatically imply that it is OCPD, for it could be Borderline personality disorder as well. In order for OCPD to be diagnosed more accurately, it must have its own hallmarks and recent studies indicate that the hallmarks of OCPD are that of “perfectionism” and “rigidity and stubbornness.” Clearly, the Wiki
According to the Wikipedia article, OCPD’s possible causes are summed up into the genetic …show more content…
According to research however, not only is criteria over excessive and too broad to be only identified with OCPD, but only few of the criteria is really needed to make a proper diagnosis. The DSM-IV, whose criteria is similar to Wiki’s, was forced to remove its criteria on “miserliness” and “workaholism” after a national study (CLPS) found that a majority of OCPD patients only accurately displayed a few of the criteria (perfectionism, preoccupied with details, reluctance to delegate, and stubbornness) but almost never displayed criteria on “miserliness” and “workaholism” (Fineberg, 2014.) Ultimately, criteria has to be consistent in most, if not all, OCPD cases, or it is insignificant to diagnosis. The reclassification of OCPD criteria disregarded miserliness for the most part, but kept the remaining criteria; however, the new diagnosis model thereafter leaned on the fact that only three or four of the criteria must be present in order for OCPD diagnosis. The assumption that any criteria combination shown is an automatic OCPD diagnosis presents an incorrect diagnosis for patients who simply exhibit some symptoms of OCPD, but in reality are presenting hallmarks (essential criteria) of another disorder (Hollander, 2012). For example, control problems in relationships does not automatically imply that it is OCPD, for it could be Borderline personality disorder as well. In order for OCPD to be diagnosed more accurately, it must have its own hallmarks and recent studies indicate that the hallmarks of OCPD are that of “perfectionism” and “rigidity and stubbornness.” Clearly, the Wiki