Part I. Description -- Selected definitions -- Mental status (excepting thought and behavior) -- Mental status: thought -- Mental status: behavior -- The interpersonal venue: ocpd fallout -- Other psychological venues -- The social venue -- Part II. Causation -- Causation -- Part III. Treatment -- Theoretical considerations -- Handling specific symptoms -- Technical aspects : dealing with resistances -- Dealing with OCPD's realistic difficulties -- Reasons to triumph over being OCPD : Self-help.