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A 47-year-old secretary has lost her job because, due to her perfectionism and excessive attention to trivial details, she could never finish an assignment on time. She writes innumerable lists of things to be done and follows rules scrupulously. She consistently annoys friends and family members with her lack of flexibility and her pedantic remarks. Her diagnosis is likely to be ? 1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
2. Paranoid personality disorder
3. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
4. Narcissistic personality disorder
5. Passive-aggressive personality disorder
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The Correct Answer is: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Explanation:
The essential feature of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a preoccupation with perfection, orderliness, and control. Individuals with this disorder lose the main point of an activity and miss deadlines because they pay too much attention to rules and details and are not satisfied by anything less than œperfection. As in other personality disorders, symptoms are ego-syntonic and create considerable interpersonal, social, and occupational difficulties. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is differentiated from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder by the presence of obsessions and compulsions. Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by suspiciousness and distrust of others. Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder are preoccupied with perfection, but usually they are convinced of having already reached it. Individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, instead, are rarely satisfied with themselves. Passive-aggressive personality disorder is characterized by a passive resistance to perform in occupational and social settings, manifested by forgetfulness, procrastination, and intentional lack of efficiency.
