http://www.spiritualcompetency.com/dsm4 ... roblem.pdf
The inclusion in the DSM-IV of a new diagnostic category called "Religious
or Spiritual Problem" marks a significant breakthrough. For the first time,
there is acknowledgment of distressing religious and spiritual experiences as
nonpathological problems. Spiritual emergencies are crises during which the
process of growth and change becomes chaotic and overwhelming. The
proposal for this new diagnostic category came from transpersonal clinicians
concerned with the misdiagnosis and mistreatment of persons in the midst of
spiritual crises. In addition, this course covers religious problems.
This online course covers the history of pathologizing theory regarding
religion and spirituality in the mental health field, the work of Stanislav and
Christina Grof, John Perry, John Mack, R.D. Laing, and many other clinical
approaches for working with religious and spiritual problems including:
* Mystical experience *New Religious Movements and cults
* Psychic opening * Visionary experience
* Kundalini awakening * Near-death experience
* Possession experience * Shamanic crisis
*Loss of faith * Alien encounters
*Terminal & life-threatening illness
*Changes in membership, practices & beliefs
20 examples in the Case Library of Religious & Spiritual Problems