Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and eating disorders.
Obsessions, compulsions, and personality traits such as perfectionism and inflexibility are commonly described in eating disorder patients. A lack of precise clarification has existed in defining the presence of obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in the various eating disorder subtypes. Research clarifying these definitions and the components of perfectionism as it pertains to eating disorders is reviewed in this article.
Halmi
Katherine A
KA
Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, USA. kah29@cornell.edu