Anankastic Personality Disorder - ICD-10 Criterion

Anankastic Personality Disorder

Personality disorder characterized by at least 3 of the following:

[1] feelings of excessive doubt and caution

[2] preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization or schedule

[3] perfectionism that interferes with task completion

[4] excessive conscientiousness, scrupulousness, and undue preoccupation with productivity to the exclusion of
pleasure and interpersonal relationships

[5] excessive pedantry and adherence to social conventions

[6] rigidity and stubbornness

[7] unreasonable insistence by the patient that others submit to exactly his or her way of doing things, or
unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things

[8] intrusion of insistent and unwelcome thoughts or impulses



*Note: The ICD is the official classification system around the world. It is used to diagnose many types of mental disorders. The number 10 placed after ICD is its version.