Ever since I started reviewing various mental health disorders, I've received so many

warm responses from you all.

Some of you spoke about how you have the disorder and you felt that my description was accurate

and others approached me with even more questions.

Either way, I love it and I encourage you to reach out to me more.

As of all your lovely questions, I'm going to review another one called Obsessive Compulsive

Personality Disorder and you don't want to miss it.

Welcome back to Savvy Psychologist, I'm your host Dr. Monica Johnson.

Every week on this show, I'll help you face life's challenges with evidence-based approaches,

a sympathetic ear and zero judgment.

The first thing I'll get out of the way is that Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

or OCPD is not the same thing as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD.

If you have questions about OCD or want to do a comparison of the two, I encourage you

to listen or relisten to my episode on OCD.

In terms of the prevalence of the disorder, a review of five epidemiological studies,

three of which are in the United States, found a median prevalence rate of 4.7%.

However, I have seen ranges from 2.4% to 7.9% depending on the study.

One study found that OCPD is the most common personality disorder followed by narcissistic

and borderline personality disorders.

Which is interesting because I rarely hear about OCPD in the media, but narcissism and

BPD are mentioned all the time.

Given this information, it makes sense to me why so many of you who are diagnosed with

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