Dr. Cassiday led a BeyondOCD LiveForum on Scrupulosity on April 18, 2015, at Francis Parker School in Chicago.  Scrupulosity is a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involving religious or moral obsessions. Scrupulous individuals are overly concerned that something they thought or did might be a sin or other violation of moral doctrine.

During the forum, a patient named ‘Emily’ discussed her experience with scrupulosity and the obsessive thoughts she had about her Christian faith. Dr. Cassiday described the intensive exposure with response prevention therapy she utilized to help Emily recover from her condition.  This article further reports on the forum, and includes a brief video of Dr. Cassiday describing scrupulosity: Scrupulosity – Where OCD and Faith Collide.