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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 approaches—Zen Buddhism, existential phenomenology, and Christian mysticism, among many others—the 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 Psychology will 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. Taking A Fresh, Multidisciplinary Perspective, This Book Summarizes And Integrates The Emerging Fields Of Transpersonal Psychiatry And Psychology. After Surveying The Western Roots Of Transpersonal Psychiatry And Psychology In William James, Carl Jung, And Christian And Jewish Mysticism, The Book Reviews The Rich Contributions Of Such Differing Cultures As Shamanism, Hinduism, And Buddhism, Illustrating The Influence Of These Traditions On The Therapeutic Community. The Authors Then Proceed To The Latest Scientific Research On Meditation, Psychedelics, Altered States, And Parapsychology. Organizing Human Experience Into A Continuum - From A Basic Level Dominated By Biological Factors To Personal, Psychological Structures And On To Complex, Spiritual Experiences - Seasoned Transpersonal Clinicians Discuss Distinctive Issues, Problems, And Treatments At Each Level. Through Engaging, Real-life Cases, The Contributors Describe Practical Techniques, Including The Outcomes And Risks Of Various Interventions. . With Solid Scholarship, Wide Scope, And Accessible Style, Textbook Of Transpersonal Psychiatry And Psychology Will Become The Standard Work For Students, Researchers, Clinicians, And Lay Readers Interested In Extending Psychiatry And Psychology Into Sciences That Describe The Full Range Of Functioning Of The Human Mind, Thereby Building Bridges Between Those Disciplines And Spirituality. Part I: Introduction: Introduction And Definition Of Transpersonal Psychiatry / Bruce W. Scotton -- The Emergence Of Transpersonal Psychiatry / Allan B. Chinen -- Part Ii: Theory And Research: Western Psychiatry And Research: William James And Transpersonal Psychiatry / Eugene Taylor -- Freud's Influence On Transpersonal Psychology / Mark Epstein -- The Contribution Of C.g. Jung To Transpersonal Psychiatry / Bruce W. Scotton -- Abraham Maslow And Roberto Assagioli: Pioneers Of Transpersonal Psychology / John R. Battista -- The Worldview Of Ken Wilber / Roger Walsh And Frances Vaughan -- The Consciousness Of Stanislav Grof / Richard Yensen And Donna Dryer -- Consciousness, Information Theory, And Transpersonal Psychiatry / John R. Battista -- Cross-cultural Roots: Shamanism And Healing / Roger Walsh -- The Contribution Of Hinduism And Yoga To Transpersonal Psychiatry / Bruce W. Scotton And J. Fred Hiatt -- The Contributionof Buddhism To Transpersonal Psychiatry / Bruce W. Scotton --^ Kabbalah And Transpersonal Psychiatry / Zalman M. Schachter-shalomi -- Transpersonal Psychology: Roots In Christian Mysticism / Dwight H. Judy -- Native North American Healers / Donald F. Sandner -- Aging And Adult Spiritual Development: A Transpersonal View Of The Life Cycle Through Fairy Tales / Allan B. Chinen -- Research On Altered States Of Consciousness: Meditation Research: The State Of The Art / Robert Walsh -- Psychedelics And Transpersonal Psychiatry / Gary Bravo And Charles Grob -- Parapsychology And Transpersonal Psychology / Charles T. Tart -- Other Western Academic Disciplines: Contemporary Physics And Transpersonal Psychiatry / John R. Battista -- The Contribution Of Anthropology To Transpersonal Psychiatry / Larry G. Peters -- Western Analytical Philosophy And Transpersonal Epistemology / Allan B. Chinen --^ Part Iii: Clinical Practice: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: A Transpersonal Clinical Approach To Religious And Spiritual Problems / David Lukoff, Francis G. Lu, And Robert Turner -- Offensive Spirituality And Spiritual Defenses / John R. Battista -- The Phenomenology And Treatment Of Kundalini / Bruce W. Scotton -- Transpersonal Psychotherapy: Transpersonal Psychotherapy With Psychotic Disorders And Spiritual Emergencies With Psychotic Features / David Lukoff -- Transpersonal Techniques And Psychotherapy / Seymour Boorstein -- Transpersonal Psychotherapy With Religious Persons / Dwight H. Judy -- The Near-death Experience As A Transpersonal Crisis / Bruce Greyson -- Treating Former Members Of Cults / Arthur J. Deikman -- Psychopharmacology: Psychopharmacology And Transpersonal Psychology / Bruce S. Victor -- Psychedelic Psychotherapy / Gary Bravo And Charles Grob -- Special Techniques: Clinical Aspects Of Meditation / Sylvia Boorstein -- Guided-imagery Therapy / William W. Foote --^ Breathwork: Theory And Technique / Kathryn J. Lee And Patricia L. Speier -- Past-life Therapy / Ronald W. Jue -- Ethics And Professional Development: Transpersonal Psychiatry In Psychiatry Residency Training Programs / Francis G. Lu -- Toward A Psychology Of Human And Ecological Survival: Psychological Approaches To Contemporary Global Threats / Roger Walsh -- Part Iv: Conclusion: Integration And Conclusion / Bruce W. Scotton, Allan B. Chinen, And John R. Battista -- An Annotated Gudie To The Transpersonal Literature / John R. Battista. Edited By Bruce W. Scotton, Allan B. Chinen, And John R. Battista. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 approaches -- Zen Buddhism, existential phenomenology, and Christian mysticism, among many others -- the 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 Psychology will 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.