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Advanced Psychopathology

Empathy Oriented Assessment

Case #1
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
a) One of shithe! employees asks Joe a 35-year-old male “Why is your desk always so neat and tidy?”
Joe: “I try to keep my desk organized. That is how all desks should be, nice and neat. There is no excuse for an unorganized desk. Look over there, someone got pencil shavings on shithe! corner of my desk!”
Employee: “I don’t see any pencil shavings, your desk looks perfect to me.”
Joe: “How could you not see them, there right over here? Now I have to clean my whole desk all over again. I’m going to take everything off my desk and wipe it down with a rag.”
Employee: “Why are you going to take every thing off your desk. It’s already clean. That’s stupid.”
Joe: “Are you crazy! There is dust all over my desk. If you were smart you would go clean your desk too. While I’m at it I think I will get everything ready for tomorrow. I have to leave in 17 minutes ...

Posted by: Jennifer Valles

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