OCD vs OCPD

Jack Nicholson portrayed a character with OCD in "As Good as it Gets."

He played a character with OCPD in "A Few Good Men" 


When people say, "my OCD" or "you have OCD," they are actually probably referring to OCPD.  

The term OCD used as an adjective seems to mean a great need for order.  That is actually what OCPD is about.  In order to have true OCD, there is a look of an obsession relieved by a compulsion, but the relief runs out so the behavior has to repeat.


OCD = Intrusive obsessive thought:
 "I don't want my family to get cancer"
plus
Compulsive action: 
"therefore, I need to turn the lights on and off three times"
or
Intrusive obsession: 
"I don't want to get sick from germs"
plus
Compulsive action:
 repeated handwashing




See: Health Anxiety | Jane Leu Rekas, LCSW


Some authors consider Illness Anxiety (or Health Anxiety) to be a form of OCD.





Screeners

OCI Obsessive Compulsive Index

YBOCS Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

International Personality Disorder Examination


 Please see my post: OCD vs. OCPD | Jane Leu Rekas, LCSW


The Pure "O" Myth

The Myth of Pure "O"

There are always compulsions, they can just be mental.

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