title: Are religious compulsions religious or compulsive: a phenomenological study.
abstract: Religious compulsions in four patients are presented to show the phenomenological similarities and differences between religious and compulsive rituals. The role of religious ritual observance in predisposing to obsessive-compulsive neurosis is discussed and minor modifications in the usual course of behavioral treatment are suggested. The proportion of religious compulsions among obsessive-compulsive neurotics is compared with two other populations studied.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology