Overview

This unprecedented work is an invaluable resource for therapists treating patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), for individuals suffering from OCPD, and for friends, family, and coworkers of those with OCPD. Although a significant number of individuals suffer from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), most of these people see themselves as being perfectly normal. In actuality, they are missing out in life due to their being compulsively prompt, counterproductively perfectionistic, and excessively penurious. This book explains what OCPD is, making it clear how it differs significantly from OCD; explains the thought processes and desires that give rise to the counterproductive defense mechanisms of OCPD; and identifies the approaches and methods that can allow such afflicted individuals to break through their character armoring and become rehumanized. In this book, Martin Kantor, MD, presents information to defuse the many manifested symptoms of OCPD: anxiety, indecision, unreasonable perfectionism, and difficulty in compromising. His explanations and methods will give the hopeless succor, move the stalled forward, and foster interpersonal cooperation and flexibility in the stubborn, while simultaneously enhancing the OCPD individual's social performance thus increasing his or her chances for interpersonal, relational, and occupational success. Kantor also identifies the social manifestations of OCPD and describes how to move idiosyncratic, rigid bureaucracies toward accomplishing what should be their most important mission: helping those who are in need and seeking comfort.

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Author:   Martin Kantor MD
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.765kg
ISBN:  

9781440837883

ISBN 10:   1440837880
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   15 August 2016
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Practitioners and graduate students in clinical fields will be drawn to this book. Laypeople interested in therapeutic issues might also be interested. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals; general readers. * Choice *

"""Practitioners and graduate students in clinical fields will be drawn to this book. Laypeople interested in therapeutic issues might also be interested. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals; general readers."" - Choice"

Practitioners and graduate students in clinical fields will be drawn to this book. Laypeople interested in therapeutic issues might also be interested. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals; general readers. - Choice

Author Information

Martin Kantor, MD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist who has been in full private practice in Boston and New York City and active in residency training programs at hospitals including Massachusetts General in Boston, MA, and Beth Israel in New York, NY.

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