title: Compulsive ritualistic behavior: purposive and personological.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D013561:Symbolism