Scrupulosity: Practical Treatment Considerations Drawn from Clinical and Ecclesiastical Experiences with Latter-day Saint Persons Struggling with Religiously-oriented Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Scrupulosity is emerging as a recognized subtype of Ob-sessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) pertaining to re-ligious-oriented obsessions and compulsions (Abramowitz et al., 2002; Nelson et al., 2006; and Olatunji et al., 2007). Essentially, scrupulosity is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which manifests as religious symptoms. Both scrupulosity and obsessive-compulsive disorder have two features that must be present in order to make an accurate diagnosis; (1) intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and (2) ac-tions to neutralize the intrusive thoughts (compulsions). While many individuals suffering with OCD may experi-ence a wide range of symptoms or issues, such as contami-nation obsessions, pathologic doubt, need for symmetry, sexual obsessions, and compulsive hand-washing/cleaning among others (see Ciarrochi, 1995 for a complete review of symptoms), people who struggle with scrupulosity primar-ily manifest their symptoms through religious-based issues
Authors: Kyle N. Weir, Mandy M. Greaves, C. Kelm, Rahul Ragu, Rick Denno
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2561250926