When Religion and Morals Become OCD: Understanding and Treating Scrupulosity

Author Leslie J. Shapiro

Publisher Praeger

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Author

Leslie J. Shapiro

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Praeger

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Copyright

2022

ISBN13

9781440872556

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
1: Introduction.
2: Social, Cultural, and Historical Views on Religious Behavior: What Is and Is Not OCD.
3: Effects of Scrupulosity and Moral Perfectionism on Normal Stage Development.
4: Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness: Getting Physically, Spiritually, Morally, and Emotionally Pure.
5: Soul Purification: Confession, Prayer, Repentance, Reassurance Seeking, and Still No Mercy or Forgiveness.
6: Obsessive Moral Emotions: Demand for Perfection.
7: Righteous Eating.
8: “Deadly” Sinning: Sexual Obsessions, Mental Adultery, Violence, and Death.
9: Saving the Planet: Scrupulous Hoarding and Green Guilt.
10: Created This Way: Neurobiology and Evolutionary Overview.
11: Treatment and Relief: Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Strategies.
12: Clergy Involvement: Soul Crushing or Saving?.
13: Supplemental Strategies to Augment Treatment Outcome, Relapse Prevention, and Recovery.
Appendix.
Resources.
Index.
About the Author.
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