Cluster C

Cluster C personality disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by anxiety and fearfulness.
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (PPD) Diagnostic Criteria:
A persistent pattern of preoccupation with order; perfectionism; and control of self, others, and situations This pattern is shown by the presence of 4 or more of the following:

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control (with no room for flexibility) that ultimately slows or interferes with completing a task.

  1. Preoccupation with details, rules, schedules, organization, and lists.
  2. A striving to do something perfectly that interferes with completion of the task.
  3. Excessive devotion to work and productivity (not due to financial necessity), resulting in neglect of leisure activities and friends.
  4. Excessive conscientiousness, fastidiousness, and inflexibility regarding ethical and moral issues and values.
  5. Unwillingness to throw out worn-out or worthless objects, even those with no sentimental value.
  6. Reluctance to delegate or work with other people unless those people agree to do things exactly as the patient wants.
  7. A miserly approach to spending for themselves and others because they see money as something to be saved for future disasters.
  8. Rigidity and stubbornness.