Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology

by Scotton, Bruce W; Chinen, Allan B.; Battista, John R.

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9780465095308
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0465095305
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 1996-05-17
Publisher: Basic Books
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This important new book brings together the work of top scholars and clinicians at leading universities and medical centers on the benefits and risks of transpersonal therapy. After comparing a variety of multicultural approachesZen Buddhism, existential phenomenology, and Christian mysticism, among many othersthe book offers a wealth of information on specific disorders and the application of transpersonal psychology techniques such as visualization, breathwork, and "past lives" regression.With solid scholarship, wide scope, and accessible style,Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychologywill become the standard work for students, researchers, clinicians, and lay readers interested in extending psychiatry and psychology into sciences that describe the functioning of the human mind, thereby building bridges between those disciplines and spirituality.

Author Biography

Bruce W. Scotton, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and is a Jungian analyst in private practice in San Francisco and Corte Madera. Allan B. Chinen, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and in private practice in San Francisco. He is the author of Waking the World, In the Ever After, Once Upon a Midlife, and Beyond the Hero. John R. Battista, M.D., M.A., is a longtime student, educator, practitioner, and contributor to the fields of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology. He is currently in private practice in New Milford, CT, and was formerly residency training director in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at Davis. Bruce W. Scotton, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and is a Jungian analyst in private practice in San Francisco and Corte Madera. Allan B. Chinen, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and in private practice in San Francisco. He is the author of Waking the World, In the Ever After, Once Upon a Midlife, and Beyond the Hero. John R. Battista, M.D., M.A., is a longtime student, educator, practitioner, and contributor to the fields of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology. He is currently in private practice in New Milford, CT, and was formerly residency training director in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at Davis. Bruce W. Scotton, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and is a Jungian analyst in private practice in San Francisco and Corte Madera. Allan B. Chinen, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and in private practice in San Francisco. He is the author of Waking the World, In the Ever After, Once Upon a Midlife, and Beyond the Hero. John R. Battista, M.D., M.A., is a longtime student, educator, practitioner, and contributor to the fields of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology. He is currently in private practice in New Milford, CT, and was formerly residency training director in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at Davis.

Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Foreword	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction and Definition of Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 3
Notes	p. 8
The Emergence of Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 9
Notes	p. 18
Theory and Research	p. 19
William James and Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 21
Notes	p. 27
Freud's Influence on Transpersonal Psychology	p. 29
Notes	p. 37
The Contribution of C. G. Jung to Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 39
Notes	p. 50
Abraham Maslow and Roberto Assagioli: Pioneers of Transpersonal Psychology	p. 52
Notes	p. 61
The Worldview of Ken Wilber	p. 62
Notes	p. 72
The Consciousness Research of Stanislav Grof	p. 75
Notes	p. 84
Consciousness, Information Theory, and Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 85
Notes	p. 94
Shamanism and Healing	p. 96
Notes	p. 102
The Contribution of Hinduism and Yoga to Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 104
Notes	p. 113
The Contribution of Buddhism to Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 114
Notes	p. 122
Kabbalah and Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 123
Notes	p. 130
References	p. 130
Transpersonal Psychology: Roots in Christian Mysticism	p. 134
Notes	p. 143
Native North American Healers	p. 145
Notes	p. 153
Aging and Adult Spiritual Development: a Transpersonal View of the Life Cycle through Fairy Tales	p. 155
Notes	p. 164
Meditation Research: the State of the Art	p. 167
Notes	p. 174
Psychedelics and Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 176
Notes	p. 183
Parapsychology and Transpersonal Psychology	p. 186
Notes	p. 191
Contemporary Physics and Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 195
Notes	p. 205
The Contribution of Anthropology to Transpersonal Psychiatry	p. 207
Notes	p. 214
Western Analytical Philosophy and Transpersonal Epistemology	p. 217
Notes	p. 227
Clinical Practice	p. 229
Diagnosis: a Transpersonal Clinical Approach to Religious and Spiritual Problems	p. 231
Notes	p. 245
Offensive Spirituality and Spiritual Defenses	p. 250
Notes	p. 260
The Phenomenology and Treatment of Kundalini	p. 261
Notes	p. 270
Transpersonal Psychotherapy with Psychotic Disorders and Spiritual Emergencies with Psychotic Features	p. 271
Notes	p. 280
Transpersonal Techniques and Psychotherapy	p. 282
Notes	p. 292
Transpersonal Psychotherapy with Religious Persons	p. 293
Notes	p. 301
The Near-Death Experience as a Transpersonal Crisis	p. 302
Notes	p. 314
Treating Former Members of Cults	p. 316
Notes	p. 326
Psychopharmacology and Transpersonal Psychology	p. 327
Notes	p. 334
Psychedelic Psychotherapy	p. 335
Notes	p. 341
Clinical Aspects of Meditation	p. 344
Notes	p. 354
Guided-Imagery Therapy	p. 355
Notes	p. 365
Breathwork: Theory and Technique	p. 366
Notes	p. 375
Past-Life Therapy	p. 377
Notes	p. 387
Transpersonal Psychiatry in Psychiatry Residency Training Programs	p. 388
Notes	p. 395
Toward a Psychology of Human and Ecological Survival: Psychological Approaches to Contemporary Global Threats	p. 396
Notes	p. 404
Conclusion	p. 407
Integration and Conclusion	p. 409
An Annotated Guide to the Transpersonal Literature	p. 416
Index	p. 427
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Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology

9780465095308

0465095305

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