Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

Related Disorders

What other problems are
sometimes confused with OCD?

Only a small number of those with OCD have the collection of personality traits called Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD). Despite its similar name, OCPD does not involve obsessions and compulsions, but rather is a personality pattern that involves a preoccupation with rules, schedules, and lists; perfectionism; an excessive devotion to work; rigidity; and inflexibility. However, when people have both OCPD and OCD, the successful treatment of the OCD often causes a favorable change in the person's personality.

[CONTINUE]

This guide was prepared with the help of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation and includes recommendations contained in the Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

The following participants in the Expert Consensus Survey were identified from several sources: participants in a recent NIMH consensus conference on OCD; participants in the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Conference (IOCDC); members of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation Scientific Advisory Board; and other published clinical researchers. Of the 79 experts to whom we sent the obsessive-compulsive disorder survey, 69 (87%) replied. The recommendations in the guidelines reflect the aggregate opinions of the experts and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of each individual on each question.

Margaret Altemus, M.D.
NIMH

Jambur V. Ananth, M.D.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Lee Baer, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

David H. Barlow, Ph.D.
Boston University

Donald W. Black, M.D.
University of Iowa

Pierre Blier, M.D.
McGill University

Maria Lynn Buttolph, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

Alexander Bystritsky, M.D.
UCLA School of Medicine

Cheryl Carmin, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Chicago

Diane Chambless, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

David Clark, Ph.D.
University of New Brunswick

Edwin H. Cook, M.D.
University of Chicago

Jean Cottraux, M.D.
Universiti Lyon, France

Jonathan R. T. Davidson, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center

Pedro Delgado, M.D.
University of Arizona, Tucson

Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, M.D.
University of Groningen

Brian A. Fallon, M.D.
Columbia University

Martine Flament, M.D.
La Salpetriere, Pavillon Clerambault

Martin Franklin, Ph.D.
Allegheny University

Mark Freeston, Ph.D.
Universiti Laval

Randy Frost, Ph.D.
Smith College

Daniel Geller, M.D.
McLean Hospital

Wayne K. Goodman, M.D.
University of Florida College of Medicine

Tana A. Grady, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center

Benjamin Greenberg, M.D.
NIMH

Daniel Greenberg, M.D.
Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Herzog Hospital

John H. Greist, M.D.
Dean Foundation for Health Research

Gregory Hanna, M.D.
University of Michigan Medical Center, Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

William A. Hewlett, M.D.
Vanderbilt Medical School

Eric Hollander, M.D.
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Bruce Hyman, Ph.D.
Hollywood, Florida

James W. Jefferson, M.D.
Dean Foundation for Health Research

Michael A. Jenike, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

David J. Katzelnick, M.D.
Dean Foundation for Health Research

Suck Won Kim, M.D.
University of Minnesota Health Center

Lorrin M. Koran, M.D.
Stanford Medical Center

Michael Kozak, Ph.D.
Medical College of Pennsylvania/EPPI

James F. Leckman, M.D.
Yale University

Henrietta L. Leonard, M.D.
Brown University

Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.
Silver Spring, Maryland

Isaac Marks, M.D.
Institute of Psychiatry, London

Arturo Marrero, M.D.
Newark Beth Israel Hospital

Christopher McDougle, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

Richard McNally, Ph.D.
Harvard University

Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D.
Institute for Bio-Behavioral Therapy & Research, Great Neck, New York

Michele Pato, M.D.
SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo General Hospital

Frederick Penzel, Ph.D.
Huntington. New York

Katharine A. Phillips, M.D.
Butler Hospital

Teresa A. Pigott, M.D.
University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D.
St. Louis University

Lawrence Price, M.D.
Brown University

S. Rachman, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia

Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.
NIMH

Steven A. Rasmussen, M.D.
Butler Hospital

Scott Rauch, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark A. Riddle, M.D.
Johns Hopkins

Jerilyn Ross, LICSW
The Ross Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders

Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D.
Emory University

Paul Salkovskis, Ph.D.
Warneford Hospital, Oxford University

Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D.
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

David Spiegel, M.D.
Boston University

Dan Stein, M.D.
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Gail Steketee, Ph.D.
Boston University

Susan Swedo, M.D.
NIMH

Richard Swinson, M.D.
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry

Barbara Van-Noppen, ACSW
Brown University

Patricia Van Oppen, Ph.D.
Free University of Amsterdam

Lorne Warneke, M.D.
University of Alberta, Edmonton

Jose Yaryura-Tobias, M.D.
Institute for Bio-Behavioral Therapy & Research, Great Neck, New York


OCF Home Page
Home Page Button


Copyright © 1998 by The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF). All rights reserved.