The Doubting Disease: Religious Scrupulosity and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Historical Context

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-125

  Cefalu, Paul ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

John Bunyan; Martin Luther; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Reformation theology; Religious scrupulosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; JEW; LITERATURE; MORALITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

CHRISTIANITY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JEWS; LITERATURE; MORALS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77951880637     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-010-9107-3     Document Type: Article

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