Published: 2022-12-29

Scrupulosity Disorder and Ecclesiogenic Neurosis as a Subtype of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Dynamics and Difficulties in Therapy

Kamil Kubiak
Gdańsk Studies
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2022-012

Abstract

This article discusses scrupulosity disorder and ecclesiogenic neurosis and shows their similarity to obsessive-compulsive disorder described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases ICD-11. It shows the most important differences between the scrupulosity disorder, ecclesiogenic neurosis and obsessive-compulsive disorder, the differences which result in difficulties in therapy and from the perspective of the patient. At the beginning, the article presents a description of obsessive-compulsive disorder and proposes a diagram of the dynamics of the symptoms of this disorder. Later, in this diagram the symptoms typical of the scrupulosity disorder and ecclesiogenic neurosis are included, and the difficulties in their therapy are discussed.

Keywords:

scrupulosity disorder, ecclesiogenic neurosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Kubiak, K. (2022). Scrupulosity Disorder and Ecclesiogenic Neurosis as a Subtype of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Dynamics and Difficulties in Therapy. Gdańsk Studies, 50, 149–160. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2022-012

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