Faculty Articles
When Religion and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Collide: Treating Scrupulosity in Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2007
Publication Title
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume
63
Issue/Number
10
First Page
925
ISSN
0021-9762
Last Page
941
Abstract/Excerpt
Evidence-based practice suggests that clinicians should integrate the best available research with clinical judgment and patient values. Treatment of religious patients with scrupulosity provides a paradigmatic example of such integration. The purpose of this study is to describe potential adaptations to make exposure and response prevention, the first-line treatment for obsessive–compulsive disorder, acceptable and consistent with the values of members of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. We believe that understanding these challenges will enhance the clinician's ability to increase patient motivation and participation in therapy and thereby provide more effective treatment for these and other religious patients.
DOI
10.1002/jclp.20404
NSUWorks Citation
Huppert, J. D.,
Siev, J.,
Kushner, E. S.
(2007). When Religion and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Collide: Treating Scrupulosity in Ultra-Orthodox Jews. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(10), 925-941.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/461
