Toward a More Culturally Sensitive DSM-IV

Lukoff, David; Lu, Francis G.; Turner, Robert P.

doi:10.1097/00005053-199211000-00001

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“…The first category, purely religious problem, includes concerns of faith and doctrinal matters, and should be treated by appropriate ministry as opposed to mental health professionals (Lukoff, Lu, & Turner, 1992). For example, a person experiencing distress related to his or her religion might consider consulting with clergy (Johnson & Friedman, 2008).…”

Section: Religious or Spiritual Problemmentioning

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“…This might include obsessive-compulsive disorder, manic episodes in bipolar disorder, or psychotic episodes that involve religious or spiritual content, as sometimes seen in schizophrenia. For example, some individuals with psychotic disorders present with beliefs of being Jesus Christ or experiencing direct communication with God (Lukoff et al, 1992).…”

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Psychosis or Spiritual Emergency: The Potential of Developmental Psychopathology for Differential Diagnosis

Arnaud¹,

Cormier²

2017

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Section: Religious or Spiritual Problemmentioning

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Section: Religious or Spiritual Problemmentioning

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Psychosis or Spiritual Emergency: The Potential of Developmental Psychopathology for Differential Diagnosis

Arnaud¹,

Cormier²

2017

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“…There is also an assumption that religious attitudes are inevitably linked with phenomenon such as dependence and guilt which arc seen as undesirable and maladaptive affective or cognitive states (1). Lukoff (47) suggests that the positivistic stance in psychiatry leads to a rejection of subjectivistic and mentalistic ideas and ultimately a devaluation of religion. Several authors talk of a 'religiosity gap* between clinicians and their patients.…”

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“…3 (2), 1996, 40 -49 Religion and Mental Health SIMON DEIN University College London Although religious and spiritual dimensions of culture are among the most important factors structuring human experience (16,34,40), psychiatry has tended to ignore or even pathologise them. A number of recent papers (47,36,65,19) have decried the way that psychiatrists neglect religious aspects both in clinical practice and academic research despite the fact that "all clinicians inevitably face the challenge to treat patients with religious troubles and preoccupations" (4). Similarly other mental health professionals are not given adequate training to address these issues.…”

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Religion and mental health

Dein¹

1996

Anthropology & Medicine

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“…A number of authors have recently criticized the way that psychiatrists neglect religious or spiritual factors in their practice and research (Kehoe et al 1992 ;Lukoff et al 1992 ;Sims, 1994 ;Crossley, 1995). Only 2n5 % of quantitative studies in psychiatry contain a religious variable, in most cases simply the religious denomination of the subject (Larson et al 1986).…”

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The spiritual variable in psychiatric research

King

Dein

1998

Psychol. Med.

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Foolish as the theory of Durkeim may be in confusing what is religious with what is social, it yet contains an element of truth; that is to say that the social feeling is so much like the religious as to be mistaken for it. (Simone Weil, 1951).Psychiatrists concern themselves with human mental suffering. Behind the consulting room door they reflect with their patients on questions of meaning and existence, issues that concern philosophy and religion as much as psychiatry. It is striking, therefore, that psychiatrists regard spirituality and religion as, at best, cultural noise to be respected but not addressed directly, or at worst pathological thinking that requires modification (Larson et al. 1993).Despite two millennia of debate we are little nearer a consensus on the meanings of spirituality and religion. The word ‘religion’ has as many definitions as writers. Spirituality and religion are often used interchangeably. Spilka (1985) doubts that a single definition is even possible. Dittes (1969) argues that religion contains so many unrelated variables that it cannot be considered as a unidimensional concept in research. We would argue that religion is the outward practice of a spiritual system of beliefs, values, codes of conduct and rituals (Speck, 1988). Religious groups may function like any other with codes of behaviour, political alliances and ‘in’ and ‘out’ group member ideology (Sherif et al. 1966).Unfortunately, a concentration on the religious variable has led to a failure to appreciate the broader concept of spiritual and the presumption that if someone does not profess a recognized, religious faith, they have no spiritual discernment or need (Speck, 1988). We propose a definition of ‘spiritual’ as a person's experience of, or a belief in, a power apart from their own existence. It may exist within them but is ultimately apart. It is the sense of relationship or connection with a power or force. It is more specific than a search for meaning or a feeling of unity with others. People may use the word ‘spiritual’ to describe intense emotional pleasure when moved by natural beauty or by an important relationship. Spiritual belief is more specific than that. Some people may use the word ‘God’ to describe this power; others may be less specific. Spirituality differs from belief in other powers, such as nuclear power or magnetism, in its ‘set apart’ quality and the degree to which it is revered and ritualized, the quality which Durkheim (1915) refers to as the sacred.

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Toward a More Culturally Sensitive DSM-IV

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Psychosis or Spiritual Emergency: The Potential of Developmental Psychopathology for Differential Diagnosis

Psychosis or Spiritual Emergency: The Potential of Developmental Psychopathology for Differential Diagnosis

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The spiritual variable in psychiatric research

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