Scrupulosity: A unique subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-289

  Greenberg, David ^a   Huppert, Jonathan D ^b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Religion; Scrupulosity; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE;

ACTING OUT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLERGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JEW; MORALITY; MOSLEM; MOTIVATION; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POPULATION RISK; PREVENTION STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RITUAL; SCRUPULOSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPIRITUAL CARE; THINKING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77956395015     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-010-0127-5     Document Type: Review

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