Mnemonic for Anankastic Personality Disorder features
PERFECT List
- Perfectionism which interferes with task completion
- Excessive doubt and caution
- Relationships/social life affected by excessive preoccupation
- Flexibility poor (rigid and stubborn) and forces others to their ways
- Egoistic
- Conventions (social) not commonly adhered to
- Thoughts/images are persistent and welcome (the opposite of OCD)
- Lists, rules and details very much a preoccupation
