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Compulsive Personality Disorder

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Definition: Disorder characterized by an emotionally constricted manner that is unduly conventional, serious, formal, and stingy, by preoccupation with trivial details, rules, order, organization, schedules, and lists, by stubborn insistence on having things one's own way without regard for the effects on others, by poor interpersonal relationships, and by indecisiveness due to fear of making mistakes.  OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER is also available    Other names Personality Disorder, Compulsive; Obsessive-Compulsive Personality; Compulsive Personality; Personality, Obsessive-Compulsive; Personality, Compulsive; Personality Disorders, Compulsive; Personalities, Obsessive-Compulsive; Personalities, Compulsive; Obsessive-Compulsive Personalities; Obsessive Compulsive Personality; Disorders, Compulsive Personality; Disorder, Compulsive Personality; Compulsive Personality Disorders; Compulsive Personalities

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