| Popis: |
We present the story of a young Bulgarian man, who converted to Orthodox Judaism, a religious denomination highly unusual in his country of birth. He has adhered rigorously to religious rules; he has spent most of his time reading religious texts and watching religious videos on the internet. He has not socialized with anyone other than his parents outside his religion. He refuses to study and work, and his only wish is to go to Israel and study Judaism there living on donations. The diagnostic judgments of a number of psychiatrists and a clinical psychologist ranged from “an absence of mental disorder” to “Paranoid schizophrenia.” Diagnostic differences could be attributed to cultural factors and the influence of value judgments in diagnostic assessments. |
