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Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? : A Psychiatrist Explores The Role Of Faith In Treatment
by
Ian Osborn
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relentless condition, the primary symptom being the occurrence of terrifying ideas, images, and urges that jump into a person's mind and return again and again, despite the individual's attempt to remove them. Christians who suffer from OCD may grapple with additional guilt, as the undesired thoughts are frequently of a spiritual na...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
April 1st 2008
by Baker Book House
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Excellent book. It gives proof of how belief in God and the power of Jesus' crucifixion is enough to be able to loosen the chokehold that OCD has on the sufferer. It also offers evidence (and thus comfort) of other famous Christians who have suffered with this and how they were able to overcome it. Two of note are Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation, and John Bunyan. I highly recommend this book to any Christian who is suffering from OCD, whether it's scrupulocity or secular....more
Osborn isn't the best writer I've ever read - but, then again, he is a psychiatrist, not Frederick Buechner. With that criticism aside, this may be the single most important book I have ever read on OCD, especially its scrupulous form.
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