Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder : understanding the overly rigid, controlling person / Martin Kantor, MD.

Author/creator Kantor, Martin author.
Format Book
PublicationSanta Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
Descriptionviii, 301 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Contents 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 -- 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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016016194
ISBN9781440837883 (hbk. ; acid-free paper)
ISBN1440837880 (hbk. ; acid-free paper)
ISBN(ebook)

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Joyner General Stacks RC533 .K364 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold