title: Obsessive-compulsive behavior, DSM-III, and a psychodynamic classification of psychopathology.
abstract: This paper reviews obsessive-compulsive behavior, both neurosis and character, and relates these to DSM-III, as well as to a psychodynamic classification of psychopathology. The DSM-III obsessive-compulsive disorder and the classical obsessive-compulsive neurosis are found to be very similar descriptively. In contrast, the DSM-III compulsive-personality disorder is found to be a much more psychopathological entity than the classical obsessive-compulsive character.
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D009289:Narcissism; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011599:Psychopathology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis