In recent years, psychiatry and mental health have witnessed a renewed emphasis on the role of religion and spirituality, particularly in the British context. This shift started gaining formal recognition in the mid-1990s with the inclusion of a category for "religious and spiritual problems" in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association. This development marked a departure from traditional psychiatric practices that often viewed religion primarily as a pathological factor. As a result, several academic publications, specialized journals, and organizations have emerged, underscoring the intricate relationship between mental health and spirituality.
Source - The New Role of Religion in Contemporary Psychiatry
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That's a rather lengthy quote and I hope the folks at wisdomlib.org don't mind. It's a summary from:
Journal name: Archives De Sciences Sociales Des Religions
Original article title: La nouvelle présence du religieux dans la psychiatrie contemporaine
The journal “Archives of Social Sciences of Religions” publishes advanced research on religion in French, English, and Spanish. It studies the sociology of religions and religious traditions or theologies. It is supported by the INSHS-CNRS (“Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales”)
These days I'm seeing quite a few articles like this popping up. The irony is that my PhD research was on the very same topic but I was shot down mercilessly by a backward stooge who effectively destroyed my academic career.
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| Sometimes a 'professor' isn't what they seem to be... |
I'm still paying the price for this dishonorable creep's actions. But at least I have the comfort of knowing that I was several years ahead in critiquing the illogic, superficiality and lack of integration of some psychiatric diagnostic criteria in the early 90s.
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