01 Dr. Phillipson is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist practicing in New York City. 02 In this video, he defines and discusses Scrupulosity. For more info on Dr ...

01 Scrupulosity, also known as Religious OCD, is a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in which people experience debilitating obsessions and compulsions about their faith. 02 Jamie's struggles ...

I was raised Catholic and suffered from severe, undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). If there's one useful thing I learned from the whole miserable experience, it is this: only a sucker ...

Years ago, I worked with a woman named Sandra who suffered from Scrupulosity, a religious and morally focused form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She was a very devout woman in her mid-20s and on ...

“There is a God, and you’re not him.” The advice of the fictional University of Notre Dame priest in Rudy is well taken. There are several ways that we confuse our efforts with God’s. This Sunday’s ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated. Elizabeth Patterson never imagined herself struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) until it became a reality while she served a full-time ...

Scrupulosity is a lesser-known form of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), where people become obsessed with unwanted, intrusive thoughts that violate their moral or religious beliefs. Shay, who was ...

A Latter-Day Saint church building spire and the Y mountain. BYU researchers are at the forefront of the study of religious OCD and Latter-day Saint populations. (Andrew Bean) “Thank you for telling ...