Chapter
Treatment of Perfectionism-Related Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Abstract
Perfectionism has been identified as a vulnerability factor in the onset and maintenance of several psychological disorders and is particularly prominent in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Evidence indicates that there is a subgroup of OCD associated with high perfectionism that is characterized by greater frequency of obsessions and compulsions related to symmetry, ordering, repeating, cleaning, and hoarding. Although …
Authors
Hood HK; Antony MM
Book title
Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Pagination
pp. 85-97
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2016
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-17139-5_7