The case presented deals with Ben, a 52 years old man suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as generalized anxiety disorder, personality disorder and social anxiety disorder. Since Ben has been unmarried his whole life and has always been anxious with girls and he avoids making any social approaches with women. Since he also mentioned that all of the young people in his area dislike him. Thus, Ben is diagnosed with Social anxiety disorder (Social phobia). According to the Social anxiety disorder diagnostic criteria published in DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), 1. The social situations almost always provoke fear or anxiety in individuals with social phobia, 2. The social situations are avoided with intense fear or anxiety, and this is what happens with Ben when he deals with women. Generalized anxiety disorder is the second disorder that Ben is suffering from, one of the diagnostic criteria of generalized anxiety disorder published in DSM-5 (American P
sychiatric Association, 2013) is Excessive anxiety and worry, this point can be summarized when Ben became very careful to avoid making mistakes after his incident at work. Ben admits to check all of the locks on his house at night and disconnects his phone to avoid possible threatening phone calls, he also double-checks all of his deliveries after the incident, all of these acts confirms the presence of obsessions and compulsions, which are one of the diagnostic criteria of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder published in DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). One of the diagnostic criteria of general personality disorder published in DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). is that c. The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning and this is characterized by Bens social interaction during the past few years, He smiles when he is angry and seems upset when everyone is laughing.