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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a condition in which a person is preoccupied with rules, orderliness, and control.
Personality disorder - obsessive-compulsive
This disorder tends to occur in families, so genes may be involved. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder most often occurs in men.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder should not be confused with
Review Date: 10/17/2008
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer,
Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant
Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Timothy
A. Rogge, MD, private practice in Psychiatry, Kirkland, Washington.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
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