Lecture Description
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic maladaptive pattern of excessive perfectionism, preoccupation with orderliness/detail, and need for control over one’s environment. Despite its prevalence, many clinicians are not aware of how to treat OCPD. Dr. Pinto will review the core features of OCPD, the different ways that it can present, how the condition impacts functioning, how it can be differentiated from OCD, and how it can complicate the treatment of other conditions. Then he will focus on cognitive behavioral therapy interventions for the maladaptive traits and behaviors of OCPD. Finally, Dr Pinto will discuss the challenges of working with these patients and offer ways of overcoming treatment obstacles.
Speaker Biography
Anthony Pinto, Ph.D. is Director of the Northwell Health OCD Center at Zucker Hillside Hospital on Long Island, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Pinto has an extensive publication record, with over 100 manuscripts/chapters on OCD/related conditions. He is a leading authority on obsessive compulsive personality disorder and co-edited a comprehensive book on the subject. He is the lead author of the self-rated Family Accommodation Scale for OCD, which is being used worldwide. He serves on the International OCD Foundation’s Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board and is on the teaching faculty for the IOCDF’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute.