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In As Good As It Gets, the main character Melvin Eudoll (played by Jack Nicholson) definitely suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder DMS code 300.30. He also may very well be suffering from oppositional defiant disorder, DSM code 313.81. On a scale of one to t ....

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.... to some very usual behaviors as i intend to show. Oppositional defiance disorder is usually diagnosed in children who demand everything to go their way and otherwise go into intense tantrums, but adults who commit mean, aggressive and antisocial behaviors as Mr. Eudoll clearly does are also sometimes said to have ODD. Throughout the movie, Melvin Eudoll shows clear and undeniable signs of obsessive compulsive disorder. The first time in the movie that we see him enter his apartment, he recites "one two three four five" as he locks all of the fine locks on his door. he then proceeds to turn on the fire light switches in his kitchen, again recitin ....