Psychosis And Spirituality Consolidating The New Paradigm Second Edition Isabel Clarke by Isabel Clarke 9780470683484, 9780470970300, 0470683481, 0470970308 instant download after payment.
The new edition of this successful text builds on the very latest research to present an original and unique exploration of the psychology of both spirituality and psychosis. The editor brings together fascinating perspectives from a broad range of distinguished contributors.
- This new edition covers the most recent body of research, both qualitative and quantitative, in its exploration of the interface between psychosis and spirituality, and investigation into anomalous experiences
- Ten new chapters added and the remaining text completely updated
- New to this edition is an expanded clinical section, relevant to clinicians working with psychosis
- Offers a fundamental rethink of the concept of psychosis, and proposes new insights into spirituality
- Includes feature chapters from a distinguished list of contributors across a broad range of disciplines, including Peter Fenwick, Peter Chadwick, David Kingdon, Gordon Claridge, Neil Douglas Klotz and David Lukoff
Content:
Chapter 1 Psychosis and Spirituality Revisited: The Frontier is Opening up! (pages 1–5): Isabel Clarke
Chapter 2 The Neurophysiology of Religious Experience (pages 9–17): Peter Fenwick
Chapter 3 Cognitive Neuroscience, Spirituality and Mysticism: Recent Developments (pages 19–34): B. Les Lancaster
Chapter 4 The Polarities of Consciousness (pages 37–48): Natalie Tobert
Chapter 5 Missing Stories: Psychosis, Spirituality and the Development of Western Religious Hermeneutics (pages 49–61): Neil Douglas?Klotz
Chapter 6 ‘On Not Drinking Soup with a Fork’: From Spiritual Experience to Madness to Growth – A Personal Journey (pages 65–73): Peter K. Chadwick
Chapter 7 Spiritual Experience: Healthy Psychoticism? (pages 75–87): Dr Gordon Claridge
Chapter 8 ‘Psychopathology’, ‘Psychosis’ and the Kundalini: Post?Modern Perspectives on Unusual Subjective Experience (pages 89–97): Richard House
Chapter 9 Psychosis and Spirituality: The Discontinuity Model (pages 101–114): Isabel Clarke
Chapter 10 Knowledge and Reality (pages 115–124): Chris Clarke
Chapter 11 Are Delusions on a Continuum? The Case of Religious and Delusional Beliefs (pages 127–138): Emmanuelle Peters
Chapter 12 The Paradigm?Shifting Hypothesis: A Common Process in Benign Psychosis and Psychotic Disorder (pages 139–153): Mike Jackson
Chapter 13 Transformative Crises (pages 155–174): Caroline Brett
Chapter 14 Exploring the Transliminal: Qualitative Studies (pages 175–191): Sharon Warwick and Roger Waldram
Chapter 15 ‘What is Real and What is Not’: Towards a Positive Reconceptualisation of Vulnerability to Unusual Experiences (pages 195–204): Isabel Clarke
Chapter 16 Visionary Spiritual Experiences (pages 205–215): David Lukoff
Chapter 17 Learning to become Centred and Grounded and Let the Voices come and go (pages 217–226): Nigel Mills
Chapter 18 Mapping Our Madness: The Hero's Journey as A Therapeutic Approach (pages 227–238): Janice Hartley
Chapter 19 Spirituality, Psychosis and the Development of ‘Normalising Rationales’ (pages 239–247): David Kingdon, Ron Siddle, Farooq Naeem and Shanaya Rathod
Chapter 20 Endword (pages 249–251): Isabel Clarke
