Many of the problems that arise in treating OCPD stem from the character traits originally described by Freud: obstinacy, excessive orderliness, and parsimony. Because these watchful patients are…

Practical considerations often make full psychoanalysis for patients with OCPD impossible, but for correctly selected candidates, extended psychoanalysis (five times per week) is highly desirable. Indeed, many, if not most, experienced…

The relation between OCPD and OCD has been controversial. Historically, many authors theorized that the two disorders were considered part of the same spectrum of illness. Evidence is growing, however, that the…

The literature describing the treatment of OCPD is somewhat confusing because of a lack of clear distinction between OCPD and OCD. This is especially true of the older literature and the earlier pharmacological…

Patients with OCPD tend to be constricted in many aspects of their lives. Relationships may be stiff, formal, and distant, and affects are shallow. Although often slavishly devoted to their work, these…